pasture
pasture
noun
put someone out to pasture
noun
- [mass noun]land covered with grass and other low plants suitable for grazing animals, especially cattle or sheep
牧场
■the grass and herbage growing on such land
牧草
[as modifier]a range of pasture grasses.
一大片牧草。
■[count noun](figurative)a place or activity regarded as offering new opportunities
(喻)施展拳脚的地方；施展抱负的行动
she left the office for pastures new.
她离开这个职位去新的地方施展抱负。
- [with obj.]put (animals) to graze in a pasture
放牧（牲畜）
they pastured their cows in the water meadow.
他们在水草地上放牛。
■[no obj.](of animals) graze
（动物）吃草
the livestock pastured and the crops grew.
家畜吃草，庄稼生长。
put someone out to pasture
- force someone to retire
使退休，使离职
- Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin pastura 'grazing', from past- 'grazed', from the verb pascere
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