Arable



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 可耕的, 适合种植的
• ［英］ adj. 可耕的, 适合种植的 ( suitable for plowing and planting)
• ［记］ ara ( 耕种) +able -> 可耕的

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin arabilis, from arare to plow; akin to Old English erian to plow, Greek aroun
• Date: 15th century
• 1. fit for or used for the growing of crops
• 2. British engaged in, produced by, or being the cultivation of arable land
• • arability noun

II. noun

• Date: 1576
• chiefly British land fit or used for the growing of crops; also a plot of such land the village arable of Anglo-Saxon times

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