crop

1. N-COUNT Crops are plants such as wheat and potatoes that are grown in large quantities for food. 莊稼

Rice farmers here still plant and harvest their crops by hand. 這里的稻農(nóng)仍然用手工種植和收割莊稼。

2. N-COUNT The plants or fruits that are collected at harvest time are referred to as a crop. 收成

Each year it produces a fine crop of fruit. 每年這里的水果收成都不錯(cuò)。

The U.S. government says that this year's corn crop should be about 8 percent more than last year. 美國(guó)政府稱今年的玉米產(chǎn)量應(yīng)該比去年增長(zhǎng)約8﹪。

3. N-COUNT A crop is a short hairstyle. 短發(fā)

She had her long hair cut into a boyish crop. 她讓人把她的長(zhǎng)發(fā)剪成了像男孩子的短發(fā)。

4. N-SING You can refer to a group of people or things that have appeared together as a crop of people or things. 一群 (人); 一堆 (物)[非正式]

The present crop of books and documentaries about Marilyn Monroe exploit the thirtieth anniversary of her death. 現(xiàn)在這批有關(guān)瑪麗蓮·夢(mèng)露的書(shū)籍和記錄片是借她去世三十周年紀(jì)念之機(jī)而發(fā)行的。

5. V-I When a plant crops, it produces fruits or parts which people want. 收獲

Although these vegetables adapt well to our temperate climate, they tend to crop poorly. 雖然這些蔬菜能夠適應(yīng)我們這里的溫和氣候，但它們的產(chǎn)量常常不高。

6. V-T To crop someone's hair means to cut it short. 把…剪短

She cropped her hair and dyed it blonde. 她把頭發(fā)剪短并染成了金色。

7. V-T 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. 裁切

I decided to crop the picture just above the water line. 我決定把這張照片裁切到剛剛高于水位線的地方。