crop

crop
noun
  1. a cultivated plant that is grown on a large scale commercially, especially a cereal, fruit, or vegetable
    作物；庄稼（尤指谷类、蔬菜、水果等）
    the main crops were oats and barley.
    主要作物有燕麦和大麦。
    ■an amount of such plants or their produce harvested at one time
    （作物的）收成；产量
    a heavy crop of fruit.
    水果的大丰收。
    ■an abundance of something, especially a person's hair
    （尤指头发）大量；丰富
    he had a thick crop of wiry hair.
    他的头发多而硬直。
    ■the total number of young farm animals born in a particular year on one farm
    （农场一年的）牲口总产量
    ■a group or amount of related people or things appearing or occurring at one time
    （同时涌现的）一群（人或物）；一批；一系列
    the current crop of politicians.
    当前出现的一批政客。
    ■the entire tanned hide of an animal
    经鞣制的整张兽皮
  2. a hairstyle in which the hair is cut very short
    平头；（剪成）短发
  3. short for riding crop or hunting crop
    riding crop 或 hunting crop 的简称
  4. a pouch in a bird's gullet where food is stored or prepared for digestion
    （鸟类的）嗉囊
    ■a similar organ in an insect or earthworm
    （昆虫或蚯蚓等的）消化器官
(cropped, cropping)
  1. cut (something, especially a person's hair) very short
    （尤指头发）剪得极短
    [as adj. cropped]cropped blonde hair.
    剪得极短的金发。
    ■(of an animal) bite off and eat the tops of (plants)
    （动物）吃掉（植物的）上部
    the horse was gratefully cropping the grass.
    马儿开心地吃着嫩草。
    ■cut the edges of (a photograph) in order to produce a better picture or to fit a given space
    裁切（照片）
  2. (常作be cropped)harvest (plants or their produce) from a particular area
    收获（庄稼）
    hay would have been cropped several times through the summer.
    夏季应该可以收获几次干草。
    ■sow or plant (land) with plants that will produce food or fodder, especially on a large commercial scale
    （尤指商业性大规模地）播种；种地
    the southern areas are cropped in cotton.
    南方地区种上了棉花。
    [as adj., with submodifier]intensively cropped areas.
    作物密植的地区。
    ■[no obj.](of land or a plant) yield a harvest of plants or produce
    （土地或植物）收获庄稼
    the parsley will need protection to continue cropping through the winter.
    欧芹需要照顾才能保证整个冬季的收割。
语源
  1. Old English, of Germanic origin; related to German Kropf. From Old English to the late 18th cent. there existed a sense 'flower head, ear of corn', giving rise to sense 1 and senses referring to the top of something, whence sense 3
继承用法
crop out
  1. (of rock) appear or be exposed at the surface of the earth
    （岩石、石头）露出地面；露头
crop up
  1. appear, occur, or come to one's notice unexpectedly
    意外地出现；意外地发生；意外地引人注意
    some urgent business had cropped up.
    出现了一些紧急事情。
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