ranching
牧場
解説 Definition
ranching は ranch（牧場を経営する、牧畜を行う）の動名詞・現在分詞で、牧場経営や牧畜という意味です。牛や羊などを広い土地で育てる産業や活動について使われます。
Ranching is the activity or business of raising livestock, especially cattle or sheep, on a large area of land. It includes managing the animals, grazing land, water, and other resources needed for a ranch.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
ranch「牧場を営む」に -ing を付けた形で、動名詞なら「牧場経営・牧畜」、進行形なら be ranching「牧場を営んでいる」です。広い乾燥地で牛や羊を育てる場面と結び付け、cattle ranching、ranching industry の組み合わせで覚えます。一般的な farming より家畜と広い放牧地に焦点があります。
Ranching is ranch plus -ing. As a noun, it names the activity or business of operating a ranch; in a progressive verb form, it can describe someone currently working in that business. Picture cattle or sheep grazing across a large, often dry area of land. That image distinguishes ranching from farming, which also includes growing crops and may take place on smaller holdings. Useful combinations include cattle ranching, ranching industry, and ranching community. The related person noun rancher means someone who owns or manages a ranch.
例文
Ranching remains important in many dry regions.
牧場経営は多くの乾燥地域で今も重要です。
Her family has been ranching in Montana for generations.
彼女の家族は何世代にもわたってモンタナで牧場を営んできました。
The report explains how ranching affects local water use.
その報告書は、牧場経営が地域の水利用にどう影響するかを説明しています。
ranching の類義語・関連語
ranching の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ranching は ranch + -ing で、牧場経営や放牧業を表す名詞。ranch はアメリカ英語に入ったスペイン語 rancho 由来で、もとは「小屋・食事の集まり」だったが、新大陸で家畜を集める場所から牧場の意味へ広がった。だから ranching は「家畜を集めて営むこと」で、関連語は ranch, rancher。
Ranching is formed from ranch and the suffix -ing. Ranch entered American English from Spanish rancho. The Spanish word referred to a group eating together, a hut, camp, or small rural settlement, and in the Americas it developed associations with places where livestock were kept. English ranch consequently came to mean a large livestock farm, and the verb meant to operate one. Ranching then named the corresponding activity or industry.
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