| 词汇 | vertical-farm |
| 释义 | vertical farm noun[ C ] uk /ˌvɜː.tɪ.kəl ˈfɑːm/ us /ˌvɝː.t̬ə.kəl ˈfɑːrm/ a building, or area under the ground, where crops are grown in many layers, one above the other, often in a specially controlled environment: 垂直农场 Multi-storey car parks and old warehouses have been converted into vertical farms. Vertical farms grow more food but use much more energy. LouisHiemstra/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Located in a small windowless laboratory, the college's vertical farm is used to identify the optimal conditions for growing food indoors. Vertical farms are said to use up to 95 percent less water than conventional farming by recycling water. She is comparing the environmental impacts of growing kale and lettuce in a vertical farm versus a conventional farm. One goal of the project is to prove the feasibility of establishing vertical farms in former industrial buildings. Farms & ranches collective farm country estate croft dairy farm dairyman farm farmhouse farmstead fish farm grange homestead kibbutz market garden non-cultivated non-farm ranch smallholding spread superfarm truck farm You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Areas of land where crops are grown Related wordvertical farming Examples of vertical farmvertical farm The verticalfarm is designed to be sustainable, and to enable nearby inhabitants to work at the farm. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The extra cost of lighting, heating, and powering the verticalfarm may negate any of the cost benefits received by the decrease in transportation expenses. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These horticultural building systems evolved from greenhouse technology, and paved the way for the modern concept of the verticalfarm. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Because vertical farming provides a controlled environment, the productivity of vertical farms would be mostly independent of weather and protected from extreme weather events. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Vertical farms (in addition to "in vitro" meat facilities) could exploit methane digesters to generate a small portion of its own electrical needs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By 2001 the first outline of a verticalfarm was introduced and today scientists, architects, and investors worldwide are working together to make the concept of vertical farming a reality. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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