词汇 | sheep-farming |
释义 | BETA sheep farmingcollocation in Englishmeanings of sheepand farmingThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. sheep noun[ C ] uk /ʃiːp/ us /ʃiːp/ a farm animal with thick wool that eats grass and is kept for its wool, skin, ... See more at sheep farming noun[ U ] uk /ˈfɑː.mɪŋ/ us /ˈfɑːr.mɪŋ/ the activity of working on a farm or organizing the ... See more at farming Examples of sheep farmingsheep farming It is right that we should balance the competing needs of forestry, fish farming, deer farming, intensive farming and sheepfarming. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is, however, one black spot, and that is hill sheepfarming. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At present, forestry employs four times as many people to the square mile as hill sheepfarming and the sporting use of land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is said that they have acquired land that would be more profitably employed for sheepfarming. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no generally accepted standard of health which could be applied as a test of the economic soundness of a sheep-farming enterprise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They must also be allowed to carry out their legitimate activities in the countryside, and the most legitimate of those activities is sheepfarming. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the key criterion for profitability in sheepfarming. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is vital to this country that we should keep our flocks of sheep intact and that sheepfarming should be a profitable industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is a marketing agent for all the independent farms and has a lifetime's experience in sheepfarming. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With sheepfarming you have one shepherd for 800 or 1,000 ewes, which may mean one man to 5,000 acres. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It must be remembered that most of our sheepfarming is concentrated in the hills. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This large scale sheepfarming was fairly successful for a hundred years, but since about 1870 it has gradually declined. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They went into sheepfarming, but now they cannot get a proper price for their animals and are beginning to suffer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She is certainly well experienced in the business of sheepfarming. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In many areas it creates more employment than sheepfarming. 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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