arable

adj. 适于耕种的；可开垦的

n. 耕地

n. (Arable)人名；(英)阿拉布尔

中文词源

arable 可耕的

来自PIE *are, 耕作。

arable (adj.): early 15c., "suitable for plowing" (as opposed to pasture- or wood-land), from Old French arable (12c.), from Latin arabilis, from arare "to plow," from PIE *are- "to plow" (cognates: Greek aroun, Old Church Slavonic orja, Lithuanian ariu "to plow;" Gothic arjan, Old English erian, Middle Irish airim, Welsh arddu "to plow;" Old Norse arþr "a plow"). By late 18c. it replaced native erable, from Old English erian "to plow," from the same PIE source.

1. ear ([英国方言]耕，耕种) => arable.2. ear ([英国方言]耕，耕种) => ar- "plow".3. ear ([英国方言]耕，耕种) => earable (archaic of arable).

1. He had nearly a thousand acres of grazing and arable land.: 他有将近1,000公顷的草场和耕地。

2. The soil proved too infertile to sustain real pasture or arable crops.: 这土壤被证明太贫瘠,不能真正用作放牧或种植作物.

3. -- There is also potential for exploiting untouched arable land resources.: -- 开发后备耕地资源有潜力.

4. The terrain changed quickly from arable land to desert.: 那个地带很快就从耕地变成了沙漠。

5. In this area arable farming is a hazardous practice.: 在这个地区,可耕种的作物完全是碰运气的.