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market garden

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌmarket ˈgarden noun [countable] British English  TACan area of land where vegetables and fruit are grown so that they can be sold 〔种植蔬菜和水果供出售的〕商品果蔬园 SYN American English truck farmmarket gardener noun [countable]
Examples from the Corpus
market gardenIn addition, an expanding Kingston required increasing amounts of fruit and market garden produce which are currently the main products.The warm spring climate makes it possible to produce early market garden crops before those in other parts of Britain.The island of Porto Santo grows cereals, vines, figs, market garden produce, melons and pumpkins.In particular, millions of pounds of market garden produce will be destroyed by dust during the construction period.It was built without delay, a short distance into Tennison Road, alongside a small market garden.Now they use them for arable cash crops and special market garden crops.The market garden is managed on a shared basis, as are the bees, whose honey is sold in the shop.
From Longman Business Dictionarymarket gardenˌmarket ˈgarden noun [countable] British English an area for growing fruit and vegetables for saleSYN TRUCK FARM
ˌmarket ˈgarden nounChineseSyllable
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market garden
ˌmarket ˈgarden noun [countable] British English
an area of land where vegetables and fruit are grown so that they can be sold
   SYN  truck farm American English
—market gardener noun [countable]


market gardenBrE /ˌmɑːkɪt ˈɡɑːdn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmɑːrkɪt ˈɡɑːrdn/ 🔊 (BrE) (US ˈtruck farm) nouna type of farm where vegetables are grown for sale (种植蔬菜和水果以供出售的)商品果蔬农场 market gardener BrE /ˌmɑːkɪt ˈɡɑːdnə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmɑːrkɪt ˈɡɑːrdnər/ 🔊 noun market gardening BrE /ˌmɑːkɪt ˈɡɑːdnɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmɑːrkɪt ˈɡɑːrdnɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]