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.
市場還受到一條規(guī)則的束縛：任何縣中休耕農(nóng)田不得超過農(nóng)田總數(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，非洲農(nóng)夫通過休耕土地八，九年來獲得下一個(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，許多農(nóng)場主讓土地休耕，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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