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名詞

brownfield (plural brownfields)

1. (often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing.
   • 2001, George W. Bush, State of the Union Address:

     My budget will improve our environment by accelerating the cleanup of toxic brownfields.

   • 2011 December 2, “Crossrail: The other side of the track”, in The Economist‎, archived from the original on 22 October 2020:

     On such a densely-populated island, most infrastructure projects are on brownfield sites, rather than starting in pastures new.

   • 2021 September 22, “Network News: Washwood Heath: three shortlisted”, in RAIL, number 940, page 17:

     The depot will occupy a 75-acre brownfield site.

形容詞

brownfield (not comparable)

1. (software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.

   a brownfield project

   • 2014, Ola Ellnestam, Daniel Brolund, The Mikado method, Shelter Island, NY: Manning, →ISBN:

     Brownfield development is probably the most common situation for developers to be in, and in order for business to continue, an existing application infrastructure is necessary.

参考

• greenfield

参照

• “brownfield”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.