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词汇 farrow
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Definition of farrow in English:

farrow

noun ˈfarəʊˈfɛroʊ
  • 1A litter of pigs.

    一窝小猪

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is now like the old sow consuming its farrow.
    • She is the sow that eats her farrow, consuming her own children.
    • It's what would once have been called a typical Iowa farm: They grow corn, soybeans, small grains, Sudan grass, and hay; raise a few hundred organic pigs a year, farrow to finish; and pasture 80 feeder cows.
    • Disposal costs were estimated for a swine production system that needs to dispose of 40,000 pounds/year or 110 lb. / day, as would be the case in a 300 sow farrow to finish operation with average death losses.
    1. 1.1 An act of giving birth to a litter of pigs.
      产(或生)小猪
verb ˈfarəʊˈfɛroʊ
[with object]
  • (of a sow) give birth to (piglets)

    (母猪)产(仔),生(小猪)

    the pig is one of a litter of nine farrowed in July

    这只猪是7月产的九只小猪之一。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In 1991, 15.8 pigs were farrowed per sow in the United States, whereas in 2001, 17.6 pigs were farrowed per sow, amounting to an 11% increase in efficiency.
    • However, when pigs are farrowed in crates and the sow's excrement is passed directly into a pit, the pigs may not receive an adequate supply of iron from this source.
    • They started farrowing hogs when they moved to the rented farm in 1991 and have a traditional farrow-to-finish setup.
    • They assume weekly farrowing only in the larger three units, as the 150-sow unit could farrow only six to eight sows weekly.
    • The hogs are farrowed outdoors or in barns or hoop buildings with bedding.

Origin

Old English fearh, færh 'young pig', of West Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek porkos and Latin porcus 'pig'.

Rhymes

arrow, barrow, harrow, Jarrow, marrow, narrow, sparrow, taro, tarot, Varro, yarrow

Definition of farrow in US English:

farrow

nounˈferōˈfɛroʊ
  • 1A litter of pigs.

    一窝小猪

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Disposal costs were estimated for a swine production system that needs to dispose of 40,000 pounds/year or 110 lb. / day, as would be the case in a 300 sow farrow to finish operation with average death losses.
    • It is now like the old sow consuming its farrow.
    • It's what would once have been called a typical Iowa farm: They grow corn, soybeans, small grains, Sudan grass, and hay; raise a few hundred organic pigs a year, farrow to finish; and pasture 80 feeder cows.
    • She is the sow that eats her farrow, consuming her own children.
    1. 1.1 An act of giving birth to a litter of pigs.
      产(或生)小猪
verbˈferōˈfɛroʊ
[with object]
  • (of a sow) give birth to (piglets)

    (母猪)产(仔),生(小猪)

    the pig is one of a litter of nine farrowed in July

    这只猪是7月产的九只小猪之一。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They assume weekly farrowing only in the larger three units, as the 150-sow unit could farrow only six to eight sows weekly.
    • In 1991, 15.8 pigs were farrowed per sow in the United States, whereas in 2001, 17.6 pigs were farrowed per sow, amounting to an 11% increase in efficiency.
    • The hogs are farrowed outdoors or in barns or hoop buildings with bedding.
    • They started farrowing hogs when they moved to the rented farm in 1991 and have a traditional farrow-to-finish setup.
    • However, when pigs are farrowed in crates and the sow's excrement is passed directly into a pit, the pigs may not receive an adequate supply of iron from this source.

Origin

Old English fearh, færh ‘young pig’, of West Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek porkos and Latin porcus ‘pig’.

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