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乳酪农场,酪农业,牛奶场
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Dairy \Dai"ry\ (d[=a]"r[y^]), n.; pl. {Dairies} (-r[i^]z). [OE.
deierie, from deie, daie, maid; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel.
deigja maid, dairymaid, Sw. deja, orig., a baking maid, fr.
Icel. deig. [root]66. See {Dough}.]
1. The place, room, or house where milk is kept, and
converted into butter or cheese.
What stores my dairies and my folds contain.
--Dryden.
2. That department of farming which is concerned in the
production of milk, and its conversion into butter and
cheese.
Grounds were turned much in England either to
feeding or dairy; and this advanced the trade of
English butter. --Temple.
3. A dairy farm. [R.]
Note: Dairy is much used adjectively or in combination; as,
dairy farm, dairy countries, dairy house or dairyhouse,
dairyroom, dairywork, etc.
资料来源 : WordNet®
dairy
n : a farm where dairy products are produced [syn: {dairy farm}]