mid-15c., "action of planting," from Middle French plantation, from Latin plantationem (nominative plantatio) "a planting," noun of action from past participle stem of plantare "to plant" (see plant). Historically used for "colony, settlement in a new land" (1610s); meaning "large farm on which tobacco or cotton is grown" is first recorded 1706.
双语例句
1. On the left was a plantation of almond trees.
左边是一个杏树园。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Not all plantation work has been masculinized.
种植园里的工作并非全是些男性化的工作。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The plantation owner has possessed himself of a vast piece of land.
这个种植园主把大片土地占为己有.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. There sugar - beet plantation areas were expanded to 176000 hectares.
