| 词汇 | factory-farm |
| 释义 | factory farm noun[ C ] uk /ˈfæk.tər.i ˌfɑːm/ us /ˌfæk.tər.i ˈfɑːrm/ a farm on which a large number of animals are kept in a small closed area, in order to produce a large amount of meat, eggs, or milk as cheaply as possible: Can a huge factory farm really be organic? Factory farms are controversial in the area because of the pollution they generate. Related words factory-farmed factory farming Factory farms raise thousands of poultry and pigs in adjacent buildings, with workers moving between them, which poses a clear disease risk. Defenders of factory farms will argue that they produce meat that is affordable for working families. We do not support the factory farms that treat animals as mere commodities. In factory farms, animals are switched to a diet based on maize and soya, which is not their natural diet. Animal farming - general words animal husbandry aquaculture aquaponics bedding beekeeping dip drove hand-rear hand-reared heeler herd honeycomb paddock shear shearing sheep shearing sheepdog shepherd slaughter subtherapeutic factory farm | Business Englishfactory farm noun[ C ] PRODUCTIONukus a building or set of buildings in which a lot of animals are kept in small spaces and fed particular types of food in order to produce meat and other animal products quickly and cheaply: About 9.5 million hogs are raised each year on 2,300 factory farms concentrated in North Carolina. Examples of factory farmfactory farm The exclusion of these factoryfarm units comes about because of part 6 of the general development order. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In no time there could be an intensive factoryfarm development of 20,000 to 25,000 sq. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I call a factoryfarm one where animals are kept with practically no land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Just as when an overcrowded train crashes there are more injuries and fatalities, overcrowded factoryfarm conditions create an increased spread of infection. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our regulations are made under public health powers and affect factoryfarm buildings only minimally because there is no significant hazard to human life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These are the realities of factoryfarm production to-day and these are the realities which produce our daily food. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No responsible farmer would behave in that way, but with a factoryfarm of that nature there are immediate environmental problems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is she aware that it is now proposed to factoryfarm red deer in order to provide venison for supermarkets? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would he not agree that if you put a factoryfarm on to an industrial estate all the other industry would leave? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A hen on a small farm produces an egg from exactly the same number of grains of corn as it does in a factoryfarm in an industrial town. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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