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kibbutz

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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kib·butz /kɪˈbʊts/ noun (plural kibbutzim /-sɪm/) [countable]  TASSOa type of farm in Israel where many people live and work together 〔以色列的〕合作农庄,基布兹
Examples from the Corpus
kibbutzWomen clean house in a kibbutz because, like women everywhere, they complain that men would not do it properly.All major decisions are taken by a general assembly in which each adult member of a kibbutz has the right to vote.For more than a decade, the farming kibbutz where Avishi Grossman spent his life has struggled under a huge debt.All three were trapped and killed in an ambush two miles from the kibbutz.It is this inhibition that is allegedly displayed, in the well-known case, by those brought up in the kibbutz.How could we keep our children on the kibbutz?Incidentally, have you been to the kibbutz library yet?The kibbutz is situated in an arid spot hundreds of feet below sea level, a feature highlighted in tourist brochures.
Origin kibbutz (1900-2000) Hebrew qibbus, from Hebrew, gathering
kib·butz nounChineseSyllable
farm many of in where Corpus people a type Israel


kibbutz
kibbutz /kɪˈbʊts/ noun (plural kibbutzim /-sɪm/) [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Language: Hebrew
 Origin: qibbus, from Hebrew, 'gathering'
a type of farm in Israel where many people live and work together


kib·butzBrE /kɪˈbʊts/ 🔊NAmE /kɪˈbʊts/ 🔊 noun (
plural
kib·butz·im BrE /ˌkɪbʊtˈsiːm/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌkɪbʊtˈsiːm/ 🔊
)
(in Israel) a type of farm or factory where a group of people live together and share all the work, decisions and income 基布兹,集体农场(以色列的共同生活、工作、决策和分配收入的合作农场或工厂)