ranch /ræntʃ或rɑ:ntʃ/ n. ［c］（美国兼种果树，养鸡等的）大牧场：He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。He left his Montana ranch to his spinster sister. 他把他在蒙大拿州的大牧场留给了他未婚的妹妹。