;庄稼;作物Crops are plants such as wheat and potatoes that are grown in large quantities for food.
Rice farmers here still plant and harvest their crops by hand...
这里种植水稻的农场主仍是人工种植和收割庄稼。
The main crop is wheat and this is grown even on the very steep slopes.
主要作物是小麦,就连很陡的坡地都种上了小麦。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](谷物或水果的)收成,产量 The plants or fruits that are collected at harvest time are referred to as a crop .
[usu with supp]
Each year it produces a fine crop of fruit...
这里每年水果都大丰收。
The US government says that this year's corn crop should be about 8 percent more than last year...
美国政府称今年的玉米产量应该会比去年提高8%左右。
In the Middle Ages, years of crop failure were always followed by terrible disease.
中世纪时,庄稼连年歉收后总会出现严重的疫情。
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[N-SING 单数名词](在一起的)一群(人);(同时发生的)一些(事情) You can refer to a group of people or things that have appeared together as a crop of people or things.
[N of n]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
The present crop of books and documentaries about Marilyn Monroe exploit the thirtieth anniversary of her death...
时下出现的这些有关玛丽莲·梦露的书和纪录片是借她逝世30周年之际推出的。
Next year's crop of undergraduates opting to take physics represents just 2 per cent of all undergraduates.
明年选修物理的大学生仅占大学生总数的2%。
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[VERB 动词]结果实;有收成 When a plant crops, it produces fruits or parts which people want.
[V]
Although these vegetables adapt well to our temperate climate, they tend to crop poorly.
虽然这些蔬菜作物很适应我们这里温和的气候,它们的收成却很差。
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[VERB 动词]收割;收获 When you crop something that you have planted, you collect the fruits or parts that you want from it.
[V n]
I started cropping my beans in July.
我7月份开始收割豆类作物。
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[VERB 动词](牛、马等)啃吃(树叶或植物) When an animal such as a cow or horse crops leaves or plants, it eats them.
[V n]
I let the horse drop his head to crop the spring grass.
我让马低下头啃吃春天的青草。
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[VERB 动词]剪短(头发) To crop someone's hair means to cut it short.
[V n]
She cropped her hair and dyed it blonde.
她把头发剪短并染成了金黄色。
cropped
She had cropped grey hair.
她有一头剪短了的灰白头发。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]短发 A crop is a short hairstyle.
[usu sing]
She had her long hair cut into a boyish crop.
她把长发剪成了男孩子般的短发。
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[VERB 动词]剪裁,裁切(照片) If you crop a photograph, you cut part of it off, in order to get rid of part of the picture or to be able to frame it.
[V n]
[be V-ed from n]
[Also V n from n]
I decided to crop the picture just above the water line...
我决定把这张照片水印以下的部分裁掉。
Her husband was cropped from the photograph.
她丈夫被从照片上剪下去了。
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the cream of the crop→see:
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相关词组:
crop up
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crop★/krɒp; NAmEkrɑːp/
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cropcropscroppedcroppingnoun★plants for food 庄稼1★[countable ]a plant that is grown in large quantities, especially as food 庄稼;作物◆Sugar is an important crop on the island.甘蔗是这个岛上的一种重要作物。◆crop rotation/production/yield农作物轮作╱生产╱产量◆The crops are regularly sprayed with pesticides.农作物定期喷洒杀虫剂。☞collocationsat
farming
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cash crop
2★[countable ]the amount of grain, fruit, etc. that is grown in one season (谷物、水果等一季的)收成,产量SYN
harvest
◆a fall in this year's coffee crop今年咖啡产量的下降◆We are looking forward to a bumper crop(= a very large one).我们期盼着大丰收。group of people 一群人3[singular ]a cropof sth a group of people who do sth at the same time; a number of things that happen at the same time (同时做某事的)一群人,一批人;(同时发生的)一些事情◆the current crop of trainees现在的这批练习生◆She is really the cream of the crop(= the best in her group).她的确是那批人中的精英。◆a crop of disasters/injuries一连串的灾难╱伤害whip 鞭子4[countable ]a short whipused by horse riders (骑手的)短马鞭◆a riding crop骑马用的短马鞭hair 头发5[countable ]a very short hairstyle短发6[singular ]a ~ of dark, fair, etc. hair/curlshair that is short and thick 短而密的头发◆He had a thick crop of black curly hair.他有一头浓黑鬈曲的短发。of bird 鸟7( technical 术语) a part of a bird's throat shaped like a bag where food is stored before it passes into the stomach 嗉囊;嗉子verb(-pp-)hair 头发1[transitive ]cropsth (+ adj.) to cut sb's hair very short 剪短◆closely cropped hair剪得很短的头发photograph 照片2[transitive ]cropsth ( technical 术语) to cut off part of a photograph or picture 剪裁(照片或图画)of animals 动物3[transitive ]cropsth to bite off and eat the tops of plants, especially grass 啃吃(青草或其他植物上面的部份)plants 植物4[intransitive ](of plants 植物)to produce a crop 有收成◆The potatoes cropped well this year.今年马铃薯丰收。5[transitive ]cropsth to use land to grow crops 种地;种庄稼◆The river valley is intensively cropped.河谷里种满了庄稼。PHRASAL VERBˌcrop ˈupto appear or happen, especially when it is not expected (尤指意外地)出现,发生SYNcome up◆His name just cropped up in conversation.交谈时无意中就提到了他的名字。◆I'll be late—something's cropped up at home.我要晚一点来,家里突然出了点事。crop/krɒp; NAmEkrɑːp/
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crop1 noun
crop2 verb
cropcrop1 /krɒp $ krɑːp/ ●●●W3 noun [countable]
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1a plant such as wheat, rice, or fruit that is grown by farmers and used as food → GM: The main crops were oats and barley.crop production crops grown for market →
cash crop
2the amount of wheat, rice, fruit etc that is produced in a seasonSYN harvestcrop of this season’s crop of quality pears Fruit growers are gathering in a bumper crop (=a very large amount of something produced in a season). increased crop yields3crop of somebody/something a group of people who arrive or things that happen at the same timecrop of South Korea’s present crop of elected politicians4a short whip used in horse-riding5the part under a bird’s throat where food is stored6a very short hairstyle7crop of dark hair/blonde curls etc hair that is short, thick, and attractive: his reddish crop of shining hairCOLLOCATIONSverbsgrow a crop· Many crops are grown from seed every year.plant a crop· Farmers burn their fields in preparation for planting crops.harvest/bring in a crop· Brazil's coffee crop begins to be harvested in May.produce a crop· The land is so poor that much of the seed will not produce a crop.rotate the crops (=regularly change the crops grown on a piece of land)· Crops are sometimes rotated with grass.something destroys/damages a crop· When disease destroyed the crop, famine followed.a crop fails (=does not grow or produce food properly)· The drought meant the crops failed and food was scarce.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + cropthe wheat/cereal/rice etc crop· In January farmers prepare the ground for the potato crop.a food crop· The demand for ethanol has reduced the amount of corn grown as a food crop.a cash crop (=grown to be sold rather than used)· Cotton is grown as a cash crop in the savannah.an arable/agricultural crop (=grown on farm land)· A lot of woodland has been cleared for arable crops.genetically modified crops (also GM crops) (=ones that have had their genetic structure changed)· He argues that genetically modified crops are needed to avoid future famines.a staple crop (=an important one that forms a big part of people's diet)· staple crops such as rice and wheatan export crop (=grown to be exported)· Cocoa is the country's main export crop.crop + NOUNcrop production· The area is mostly unsuitable for crop production.crop failure (=failure to grow or produce food)· Ethiopia's 1989 crop failure was disastrous.crop damage· The storms caused crop damage across the country.crop rotation (=the practice of rotating crops)· Crop rotation helps build up soil fertility.
crop1 noun
crop2 verb
cropcrop2 verb (past tense and past participle cropped, present participle cropping)
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1[transitive] to cut someone’s hair short: Stella’s had her hair closely cropped.2[transitive] to cut a part off a photograph or picture so that it is a particular size or shape3[transitive] if an animal crops grass or other plants, it makes them short by eating them4[intransitive] British English if a plant crops, it produces fruit, grain etc: My strawberries crop in June or July.crop up phrasal verb1if a problem crops up, it happens or appears suddenly and in an unexpected waySYN arise2if something such as a name or a subject crops up, it appears in something you read or hearSYN come up: Your name kept cropping up in conversation.
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