1. | [c] 庄稼；作物a plant that is grown in large quantities, especially as food |
Sugar is an important crop on the island. 糖料作物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。 |
2. | [c] （谷物、水果等一季的）收成，产量the amount of grain, fruit, etc. that is grown in one season |
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。 |
3. | [sing] a ~ of sth （同时做某事的）一群人，一批人；（同时发生的）一些事情a group of people who do sth at the same time; a number of things that happen at the same time |
the current crop of trainees 现在的这批实习生 | |
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 |
4. | [c] （骑手的）短马鞭a short whip used by horse riders |
a riding crop 骑马用的短马鞭 |
5. | [c] 短发a very short hairstyle |
6. | [sing] a ~ of dark, fair, etc. hair/curls 短而密的头发hair that is short and thick |
He had a thick crop of black curly hair. 他有一头浓黑鬈曲的短发。 |
7. | 嗉囊a part of a bird's throat shaped like a bag where food is stored before it passes into the stomach |
1. | [t] ~ sth (+ adj.) 剪短to cut sb's hair very short |
closely cropped hair 剪得很短的头发 |
2. | [t] ~ sth 剪裁，裁切（照片或图画）to cut off part of a photograph or picture |
3. | [t] ~ sth 啃吃（青草或其他植物上面的部分）to bite off and eat the tops of plants, especially grass |
4. | [i] 有收成to produce a crop |
The potatoes cropped well this year. 今年马铃薯丰收。 |
5. | [t] ~ sth 种地；种庄稼to use land to grow crops |
The river valley is intensively cropped. 河谷里种满了庄稼。 |
