farm

農場

食料などを得るために作物を育てたり、家畜を飼ったりする場所。

やさしい英語で： A place where people grow crops or keep animals for food or other products.

• We visited a farm yesterday.
• Their farm produces apples and milk.
• Many small farms sell food directly to local families.

使い方： on a farm (My aunt keeps sheep on a farm.)

よく使う表現： dairy farm, small farm, live on a farm, cattle farm

施設、ファーム

産業のため、同じような設備や機械を多数まとめて使う場所。

やさしい英語で： A site with many similar structures or machines used together for an industrial purpose.

• A wind farm stands on the hill.
• The new solar farm supplies electricity to nearby villages.
• Fuel is stored in a tank farm beside the airport.

よく使う表現： wind farm, solar farm, tank farm, antenna farm

サーバーファーム

サービスの提供や大量の情報処理のために連携するコンピューターの集まり。

やさしい英語で： A group of computers that work together to provide services or process large amounts of information.

• The company runs a server farm.
• Our film was processed by a render farm.
• The farm needs powerful cooling equipment to prevent overheating.

類義語： server cluster

よく使う表現： server farm, render farm, large server farm

耕作する、栽培する、飼育する

食料などを得るため、土地で作物を育てたり家畜を飼ったりすること。

やさしい英語で： To use land to grow crops or raise animals for food or other products.

• Her family farms this land.
• They farmed sheep for many years.
• Can you farm successfully without chemical sprays?

類義語： cultivate

よく使う表現： farm the land, farm cattle, farm organically

周回する

ゲームでアイテムやお金、ポイントを集めるために同じ作業を繰り返すこと。

やさしい英語で： To repeat tasks in a video game to collect useful items, money, or points.

• I farm gold after each battle.
• She farmed the same enemies for an hour.
• Where can we farm rare weapons?

使い方： farm for something (We farmed for rare items in the same dungeon.)

類義語： grind

よく使う表現： farm gold, farm for items, farm experience points

請け負わせる、貸し付ける

収入の一部を受け取る代わりに、財産の運営や徴税を人に任せること。

やさしい英語で： To let someone run property, a business, or tax collection in exchange for a share of the money.

• The king chose to farm the taxes.
• The owner farmed his estate to a local businessman.
• They farmed out the revenues in return for a fixed share.

使い方： farm something out to someone (The ruler farmed tax collection out to private contractors.)

類義語： lease out

よく使う表現： farm the taxes, farm out revenues, farm an estate