crop
noun /krɒp/
/krɑːp/
- [countable] a plant that is grown in large quantities, especially as food
庄稼；作物 - Sugar is an important crop on the island.
糖料作物是这个岛上的一种重要作物。 - What are the benefits of growing GM crops?
种植转基因作物有什么好处？ - food crops
粮食作物 - crop yield/production
作物产量/产量 - to grow/plant/harvest crops
种植/种植/收获庄稼 - The crops are regularly sprayed with pesticides.
农作物定期喷洒杀虫剂。
Wordfinder- arable
- barn
- crop
- cultivate
- dairy
- fallow
- farm
- graze
- livestock
- tractor
Collocations FarmingFarmingsee also cash crop, catch crop农场经营 种植粮食和饲养动物 - plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
植树；播种；种庄稼；种植葡萄树；种大麦 - grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
种植／生产玉米／小麦／大米／水果 - plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
耕地；犁田 - sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
播种／收获谷粒／农作物／庄稼 - spread manure/fertilizer on something
给…施撒粪肥／肥料 - cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
耕作／灌溉／浇灌／污染庄稼／植物／田地／土地 - damage/destroy/lose your crop
损害／毁坏／损失农作物 - ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
催熟／采摘水果／浆果／葡萄 - press/dry/ferment grapes
压榨／晾干／发酵葡萄 - grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
磨／打谷物／玉米／小麦 - raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
饲养鸡／家禽／牛／猪 - raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
饲养／喂养／放养家畜／牛／羊 - kill/slaughter livestock
屠宰家畜 - preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
防腐保存／熏／加工贮藏／用盐腌制肉
现代农场经营 - run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
从事集约型（生猪／渔业）养殖 - use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
使用（化学／有机）肥料／杀虫剂 - begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
开始／进行转基因作物的田间试验 - grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
种植／研发转基因作物／种子／植物／粮食 - fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
资助／投资基因工程／研究 - improve/increase crop yields
提高／增加粮食产量 - face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
面临／遭受／缓解食物短缺 - label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
给含有转基因生物的食品贴标签 - eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
取消／减少农业补贴 - oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
反对工厂化养殖／转基因食品 - promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
促进／鼓励／支持有机／可持续农耕
Wordfinder- blight
- cereal
- crop
- genetically modified
- grain
- harvest
- monoculture
- organic
- staple
- yield
Topics Farmingb2- Crop rotation helps prevent soil erosion.
农作物轮作有助于防止土壤侵蚀。 - Crops are sprayed with highly toxic chemicals to prevent insect damage.
农作物喷上了毒性很大的化学药品以预防虫害。 - Fodder crops are used to feed livestock.
饲料作物是用来喂牲畜的。 - Isolated communities were extremely vulnerable if crops failed.
如果庄稼绝收，偏远的社区便会受到严重影响。 - It takes three to five years for a new plantation to bear a crop.
一个新的种植场需要 3 到 5 年的时间才有收成。 - Most of the farmers grow arable crops.
这些农民大多数种植庄稼。 - Rice is a staple crop for more than half of the world's population.
水稻是世界上超过半数人口食用的主要粮食作物。 - Rivers burst their banks and flooded standing crops.
河水冲破河岸，淹没了尚未收割的庄稼。 - Summer flash floods destroyed the crops.
夏天突发的洪水毁坏了庄稼。 - to boost crop yields
提高农作物产量
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- agricultural
- cash
- commercial
- …
- cultivate
- grow
- produce
- …
- grow
- fail
- rotation
- damage
- failure
- …
- crop of
- Sugar is an important crop on the island.
- [countable] the amount of grain, fruit, etc. that is grown in one season
（谷物、水果等一季的）收成，产量 - a fall in this year’s coffee crop
今年咖啡产量的下降 - Australia's wheat crop is likely to be lower than forecast this year.
澳大利亚今年的小麦产量可能低于预期。 - We are looking forward to a bumper crop (= a very large one).
我们期盼着大丰收。 - We had a very good crop of apples last year.
去年我们的苹果获得了大丰收。
Topics Farmingb2- a crop of carrots
一季产的胡萝卜 - a record crop was harvested
获得了一次创纪录的收成。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- abundant
- bumper
- excellent
- …
- get
- harvest
- have
- …
- crop of
- a fall in this year’s coffee crop
- [singular] a crop of something a group of people who do something at the same time; a number of things that happen at the same time
（同时做某事的）一群人，一批人；（同时发生的）一些事情 - 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
- the current crop of trainees
- [countable] a short whip used by horse riders
（骑手的）短马鞭 - a riding crop
骑马用的短马鞭
- a riding crop
- [countable] a very short hairstyle
短发 - She has her hair cut in a short crop.
她把头发剪短了。
- She has her hair cut in a short crop.
- [singular] a crop of dark, fair, etc. hair/curls hair that is short and thick
短而密的头发 - He had a thick crop of black curly hair.
他有一头浓黑鬈曲的短发。
- He had a thick crop of black curly hair.
- (specialist) a part of a bird’s throat that has the shape of a bag where food is stored before it passes into the stomach
嗉囊 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- agricultural
- cash
- commercial
- …
- cultivate
- grow
- produce
- …
- grow
- fail
- rotation
- damage
- failure
- …
- crop of
plants for food庄稼
group of people一群人
whip鞭子
hair头发
of bird鸟
词源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.