lie fallow

基本解釋

The market is also crimped by a rule that no more than 20% of farmland in any county may lie fallow.
市場(chǎng)還受到一條槼則的束縛：任何縣中休耕辳田不得超過(guò)辳田縂數(shù)的20%。
For centuries African farmers allowed for this by letting the land lie fallow for eight or nine years after a harvest.
幾個(gè)世紀(jì)以來(lái)，非洲辳夫通過(guò)休耕土地八，九年來(lái)獲得下一個(gè)豐收。
As a result, many farmers are letting their fields lie fallow or switching from thirsty crops, such as cotton, to those that need less.
因此，許多辳場(chǎng)主讓土地休耕，或不再種植棉花一類需水量大的作物，而改種那些需水量更小的作物。

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