crop

noun

庄稼 plants for food

1. 庄稼；作物
   a plant that is grown in large quantities, especially as food
   1. Sugar is an important crop on the island.
      糖料作物是这个岛上的一种重要作物。
   2. crop rotation/production/yield
      农作物轮作 / 生产 / 产量
   3. The crops are regularly sprayed with pesticides.
      农作物定期喷洒杀虫剂。
2. （谷物、水果等一季的）收成，产量
   the amount of grain, fruit, etc. that is grown in one season
   1. a fall in this year's coffee crop
      今年咖啡产量的下降
   2. We are looking forward to a bumper crop (= a very large one).
      我们期盼着大丰收。

一群人 group of people

3. （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
   1. the current crop of trainees
      现在的这批实习生
   2. She is really the cream of the crop (= the best in her group) .
      她的确是那批人中的精英。
   3. a crop of disasters/injuries
      一连串的灾难 / 伤害

鞭子 whip

4. （骑手的）短马鞭
   a short whip used by horse riders
   1. a riding crop
      骑马用的短马鞭

头发 hair

5. 短发
   a very short hairstyle
6. 短而密的头发
   hair that is short and thick
   1. He had a thick crop of black curly hair.
      他有一头浓黑鬈曲的短发。

鸟 of bird

7. 嗉囊；嗉子
   a part of a bird's throat shaped like a bag where food is stored before it passes into the stomach

verb

头发 hair

1. 剪短
   to cut sb's hair very short
   1. closely cropped hair
      剪得很短的头发

照片 photograph

2. 剪裁，裁切（照片或图画）
   to cut off part of a photograph or picture

动物 of animals

3. 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

植物 plants

4. 有收成
   to produce a crop
   1. The potatoes cropped well this year.
      今年马铃薯丰收。
5. 种地；种庄稼
   to use land to grow crops
   1. The river valley is intensively cropped.
      河谷里种满了庄稼。

1. See also: Rice farmers here still plant and harvest their crops by hand... The main crop is wheat and this is grown even on the very steep slopes. cash crop
2. N-COUNT (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 .
   1. Each year it produces a fine crop of fruit...
      这里每年水果都大丰收。
   2. 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。
   3. 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 (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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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 结果实;有收成
   When a plant crops, it produces fruits or parts which people want.
   1. 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 收割;收获
   When you crop something that you have planted, you collect the fruits or parts that you want from it.
   1. I started cropping my beans in July.
      我7月份开始收割豆类作物。
6. VERB (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.
   1. 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 剪短(头发)
   To crop someone's hair means to cut it short.
   1. She cropped her hair and dyed it blonde.
      她把头发剪短并染成了金黄色。
8. N-COUNT 短发
   A crop is a short hairstyle.
   1. 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 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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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

1. We could carry that one step further by taking the same genes and putting them into another crop.
   我们可以再进一步：取出相同的基因，并将它们植入另一植株。
2. Cranberries have become a major cash crop.
   越橘已经成了主要经济作物。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. Each year it produces a fine crop of fruit
   这里每年水果都大丰收。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. 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%。
10. 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。
11. I started cropping my beans in July.
    我7月份开始收割豆类作物。
12. 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。
13. She cropped her hair and dyed it blonde.
    她把头发剪短并染成了金黄色。
14. She had her long hair cut into a boyish crop.
    她把长发剪成了男孩子般的短发。
15. 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。
16. Her husband was cropped from the photograph.
    她丈夫被从照片上剪下去了。
17. Problems will crop up and hit you before you are ready.
    你还未准备好，问题就会突然出现并打击你。
18. It might be possible to extend the technique to other crop plants.
    也许可以将这种技术应用于其他农作物。
19. Each year ten percent of the crop is lost to a pest called corn rootworm.
    一种叫玉米根虫的害虫每年会让粮食减产10%。
20. He said drought had led to severe crop failure for the second year running
    他说干旱已经连续两年导致农作物严重歉收。
21. Last year's cotton crop was an unmitigated disaster
    去年棉花作物所遭遇的是彻头彻尾的灾难。
22. Polluted water lessens crop yields.
    受污染的水源会降低农作物产量。
23. Half the fruit crop froze out in the sudden severe autumn.
    有一半水果作物在秋天突如其来的严寒中冻死了。
24. That's what I call a really good crop of cotton.
    这棉花长得真叫棒。
25. If low lands must be used for the bean crop, they should be ridged.
    如果低地必须用于种植豆类作物，就必须把地整成交替的垄和沟。
26. The wheat crop had been gathered in before the storm came.
    暴风雨到来之前小麦已经收完了。
27. The land is out of crop.
    这块土地未种庄稼。
28. To ensure a good crop the soil had to be turned over twice.
    要保证收成好，地要翻耕两遍。
29. After a few years 'planting, the quality of the potato crop deteriorates.
    土豆种了几年之后就会退化。

crop up

1. （尤指意外地）出现，发生
   to appear or happen, especially when it is not expected

noun

1. a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food

   Synonym:    craw

2. the stock or handle of a whip

3. the output of something in a season
   1. the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores

4. a collection of people or things appearing together
   1. the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas

5. a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale

6. the yield from plants in a single growing season

   Synonym:    harvest

verb

1. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
   1. dress the plants in the garden

   Synonym:    snipcliptrimlopdressprunecut back

2. cut short
   1. She wanted her hair cropped short

3. feed as in a meadow or pasture
   1. the herd was grazing

   Synonym:    browsegrazerangepasture

4. let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

   Synonym:    grazepasture

5. yield crops
   1. This land crops well

6. prepare for crops
   1. Work the soil
   2. cultivate the land

   Synonym:    cultivatework