English Dictionary

north forty

名詞

広義 慣用表現

(agriculture, usually preceded by the) A 40-acre section of land, located in the northernmost part of a farm or ranch. / (idiomatic, by extension) Farms, ranches, or agricultural land collectively.

日本語の意味

農場や牧場の北部に位置する40エーカー（約16公頃）の土地区画 / 転じて、農場、牧場、または農業用地そのものを指す

After the drought, the family decided to plant drought-resistant alfalfa on the north forty to rebuild their hay reserves.

干ばつの後、家族は干し草の備蓄を回復するために、農場の最北部にある40エーカーの区画に耐乾性のアルファルファを植えることに決めた。

意味（1）

(agriculture, usually preceded by the) A 40-acre section of land, located in the northernmost part of a farm or ranch.

I headed out to the barn for a ten-minute milking job, and the cow took off and ran to the far end of the north forty.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, by extension) Farms, ranches, or agricultural land collectively.

In Dallas and Houston, the dominant architectural forms are glass office towers and air-conditioned shopping malls that owe more to the Bauhaus than to the North Forty.

意味（3）

(idiomatic) Any remote place.

[P]arts of him, uh, are as far away as the north forty. Muscle has been drawn out. . . . His arms—can you imagine?—feel longer.

north forties （ plural ）