1808, "country house," from American Spanish rancho "small farm, group of farm huts," from Spanish rancho "mess-room," originally, "group of people who eat together," from ranchear "to lodge or station," from Old French ranger "install in position," from rang "row, line" (see rank (n.)).
Sense of "large stock-farm and herding establishment" is from 1831. Of houses, "single-story, split-level" (adj.) from 1950; as a noun from 1960. Ranch-house attested from 1862.
ranch (v.)
1866, from ranch (n.). Related: Ranched; ranching.
例文
1. They had to buy everything at infrated prices at the ranch store.
彼らは農場店ですべてのものを高値で購入しなければならなかった。
2.He left his Montana ranch to his spinster sister.
彼は彼をモンタナ州の大牧場で未婚の妹に残した。
3.The ranch is in the midddle of a large plateau.
広大な高原の中央部に位置する牧場。
4.He went to work on a ranch .
彼は大きな農場で働いている。
5.The ranch castrated three-fourths of its male calves.