"to impale on hooks or pointed stakes as a means of capital punishment," 1610s, from French *ganchor, from Italian *ganciare, from gancio "hook," from Turkish kanca "hook, barb, grapnel." Related: Ganched; ganching. Also, as a noun, the name of the punishment or the thing used in it, 1620s.
雙語例句
1. They had to buy everything at inflated prices at the ranch store.
他們不得不在農場商店以高價購買所有東西。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He left his Montana ranch to his spinster sister.
他把他在蒙大拿州的大牧場留給了他未婚的妹妹.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.
該牧場位于一個遼闊高原的中部.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. He went to work on a ranch.
他去一個大農場干活.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. The ranch castrated three - fourths of its male calves.