pasture
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noun
1. land covered with grass and other low plants suitable for grazing animals, especially cattle or sheep:
〖具体例では可算〗(家畜の)牧草地, 放牧場
e.g. areas of rich meadow pasture
e.g. many a horse was put out to pasture there
e.g. count noun : grassy pastures
e.g. as modifier : a range of pasture grasses.
2. (pastures) used to refer to a person's situation in life:
e.g. he has departed for the greener pastures of a corner office. suggested by ‘Tomorrow to fresh woods and pastures new’ (Milton's Lycidas).
verb with object
put (animals) in a pasture to graze:
〈家畜など〉を放牧する; 〈家畜〉に草を食べさせる; 〈家畜が〉〈牧草〉を食べる
e.g. they pastured their cows in the water meadow.
no object (of animals) graze:
〈家畜などが〉 【牧草地で】草を食べる «on, in»
e.g. the livestock pastured and the crops grew.
PHRASES
put someone out to pasture
force someone to retire:
e.g. over time the more colorful among us have been put out to pasture.
ORIGIN
Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin pastura ‘grazing’, from past- ‘grazed’, from the verb pascere.