fallow /ˈfæləʊ/

• 1. 

  ADJ Fallow land has been dug or ploughed but nothing has been planted in it, especially so that its quality or strength has a chance to improve. 休耕的

  例：

  The fields lay fallow.

  这些地休耕了。

• 2. 

  ADJ A fallow period is a time when very little is being achieved. 空档的(时期); 无为的 [usu ADJ n]

  例：

  There followed something of a fallow period professionally, until a job came up in the summer.

  接下来事业上出现了一个空档，直到夏天的时候来了份新工作。

• 3. 

  ADJ of a light yellowish-brown colour 淡棕黄色

• 4. 

  N land treated in this way 休耕地

• 5. 

  V to leave (land) unseeded after ploughing and harrowing it 使(土地)休耕