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crop n.农作物,产量,平头,短发 vt.收割,修剪,种植 vi.收获 A major crop in parts of Asia is rice, while the coffee bean crop is important to the economics of several African and South American countries. A different kind of crop is the short whip that some riders use on horses — and when you crop something, you cut it short. You might decide to crop your hair at the beginning of the summer each year. The noun came first, originally defined as "the top of a sprout or herb." ★★★☆☆ 2006.3

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[krɔp] A crop is a large amount of one kind of fruit or vegetable that's grown on a farm. Your farmer uncle's corn crop might be especially large after a summer with plenty of rain. That matters because theory suggests that the maximum sustainable yield that can be cropped from a fishery comes when the biomass of a target species is about 50% of its original levels. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:cash crop；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。2[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。3[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%。4[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。5[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。6[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。7[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。croppedShe had cropped grey hair.她有一头剪短了的灰白头发。8[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。9[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。10  the cream of the crop→see: cream； 相关词组：crop up

英语单词	crop
英美音标	[krɔp]
中文释义	n.农作物,产量,平头,短发 vt.收割,修剪,种植 vi.收获
vocab简明	A crop is a large amount of one kind of fruit or vegetable that's grown on a farm. Your farmer uncle's corn crop might be especially large after a summer with plenty of rain.
vocab扩展	A major crop in parts of Asia is rice, while the coffee bean crop is important to the economics of several African and South American countries. A different kind of crop is the short whip that some riders use on horses — and when you crop something, you cut it short. You might decide to crop your hair at the beginning of the summer each year. The noun came first, originally defined as "the top of a sprout or herb."
真题原句	That matters because theory suggests that the maximum sustainable yield that can be cropped from a fishery comes when the biomass of a target species is about 50% of its original levels.
柯林斯星级	★★★☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:cash crop ；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。 2 [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。 3 [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%。 4 [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。 5 [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。 6 [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。 7 [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。 8 [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。 9 [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。 10 the cream of the crop→see: cream ；相关词组： crop up
来源	2006.3

Crop N Verb 动词 Cut Hair [V Large