Словарь австралийского английского

Указатель A–Z

• jackaroo

  noun

  молодой работник на ферме

  A young man working on a sheep or cattle station to gain experience.

  He worked as a jackaroo in Queensland.Он работал помощником на ферме в Квинсленде.

• jillaroo

  noun

  молодая работница на ферме

  A young woman working on a sheep or cattle station to gain experience.

  She spent a year as a jillaroo.Она год проработала помощницей на ферме.

• kelpie

  noun

  келпи (пастушья собака)

  An Australian breed of working sheepdog.

  The kelpie rounded up the sheep.Келпи собрал овец.

• paddock

  noun

  загон, выгон

  A fenced field used for livestock or farming.

  The horses were grazing in the paddock.Лошади паслись в загоне.

• shearer

  noun

  стригаль

  A worker who shears wool from sheep.

  The shearer worked through the morning.Стригаль работал всё утро.

• shearing shed

  noun

  стригальня

  A farm building where sheep are shorn.

  The crew gathered at the shearing shed.Бригада собралась в стригальне.

• station

  noun

  крупная скотоводческая ферма

  A large cattle or sheep property in rural Australia.

  She worked on a cattle station in the north.Она работала на скотоводческой ферме на севере.