Skip to main content

livestock

/lahyv-stok/US // ˈlaɪvˌstɒk //UK // (ˈlaɪvˌstɒk) //

畜牧业,牲畜,牲口,禽畜

Related Words

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • On farms, connectivity can help with managing equipment, monitoring livestock, and analyzing water usage to optimize plant growth.

  • Farmers wonder whether red wolves are dangerous to livestock.

  • Rural people in his region once controlled destructive fires by starting or allowing frequent, low-intensity fires, and using livestock to eat down brush in the interim.

  • The single biggest predictor of spillover events is land-use change—more land going to agriculture and more specifically to livestock production.

  • Investors who bought llamas and alpacas as livestock didn’t fare so well, as there wasn’t much of a US market for their milk or wool.

  • It used to carry livestock but sailed its final voyage with a hold full of Syrian men, women, and children.

  • Biologist Mattson is alarmed by the abrupt 2008 rise in grizzly mortality from conflicts both with livestock and hunters.

  • Renowned livestock specialist and autism advocate Temple Grandin brought her unique intellect and wit to Reddit.

  • Diversification was as beneficial in financial investments as it was in growing crops and raising livestock.

  • Intensive livestock farming basically means housing animals in artificial cities.

  • Even fences, so important to livestock raising, had been entirely demolished in most instances.

  • As a matter of fact, Virginia is a leader in the South in the relative importance of livestock and livestock products.

  • Although agriculture is no longer the leading occupation, Virginia has a variety of important crops and livestock.

  • The rest of the livestock was turned from the corrals and the cabin and stables set afire.

  • A dozen years ago, in one season, he had sold eighty thousand dollars worth of livestock from these two ranches.

livestock - EE Dictionary | EE Dictionary