[mass noun]land that is ploughed for growing crops; arable land 耕地;可耕地 ■[count noun]a measure of land used in the northern and eastern counties of England after the Norman conquest, based on the area able to be ploughed in a year by a team of eight oxen 八头牛年耕地面积(诺曼征服后英国北部和东部郡县施行的一种土地丈量单位)