1 [C] all the grain, fruit, vegetables, etc of one type that a farmer grows at one time (谷物一茬的)收成,收获:
a crop of apples一茬苹果
2 [C] [usu.pl] plants that are grown on farms for food 农作物:
Rice and soya beans are the main crops here.稻米和大豆是这里的主要农作物。
3 [sing] a number of people or things which have appeared at the same time (同时出现的)一群(人),一批(事物):
the recent crop of movies about aliens最近一批关于外星人的电影
crop²
/krɒp ||; krɑp/verb
(cropping;cropped)
1 [T] to cut sth very short 剪短:
cropped hair短头发
2 [I] to produce a crop¹(1) 种植
crop up to appear suddenly, when you are not expecting it 突然出现:
We should have finished this work yesterday but some problems cropped up.我们昨天本该完成这项工作,可是突然出现了一些问题。
crop1/krɑp; krɒp/n 1 [C] a plant such as wheat, fruit, vegetables etc that farmers grow and sell 农作物﹐庄稼: Our main crops are rice and oats. 我们主要的农作物是稻米和燕麦。2 [C] the amount of wheat, fruit etc that a farmer produces in a season〔一季的〕收成﹐收获: +of a bumper crop (=a very large amount) of broad beans 丰收的蚕豆3 [singular 单数] a group of people or things that arrive at the same time〔同时出现的〕一群〔人〕﹔一批〔事物〕: +of this year's crop of novels 本年度出版的小说4 [C] a short whip used in horse riding 短马鞭CASH CROP
crop2v [T] cropped , cropping to make something shorter by cutting it 剪短: His hair was cropped short. 他头发剪得很短。We use sheep to keep the grass cropped. 我们用羊来把草啃短。 crop up phr v to suddenly appear or happen 突然出现[发生]: A problem's cropped up. 一个问题突然冒了出来。
cropcropcropscroppedcroppingnounall the plants of one kind that a farmer grows at one time: There was a good crop of potatoes last year.Rain is good for the crops.