crop
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++crop1 /krɒp $ krɑːp/ ●●● W3 noun [countable] 1 TACa plant such as wheat, rice, or fruit that is grown by farmers and used as food 庄稼；作物 → GM The main crops were oats and barley. 主要作物是燕麦和大麦。 crop production 作物生产 crops grown for market 为供应市场而种植的作物 → cash crop2 TACthe amount of wheat, rice, fruit etc that is produced in a season 一季的收成，收获 SYN harvestcrop of this season’s crop of quality pears 这一季收获的优质梨 Fruit growers are gathering in a bumper crop (=a very large amount of something produced in a season). 果农正在采摘丰收的果实。 increased crop yields 增产的作物收成3 crop of somebody/something GROUP OF PEOPLEGROUP OF THINGSa group of people who arrive or things that happen at the same time 同时到达的某群人／同时发生的某些事crop of somebody/something of5the country’s present crop of elected politicians该国目前一批选出的政治家n South Korea’s present crop of elected politicians4. DSHa short whip used in horse-riding 短马鞭5. HBBthe part under a bird’s throat where food is stored 〔鸟的〕嗉囊6. DCa very short hairstyle 平头发型7 crop of dark hair/blonde curls etc DChair that is short, thick, and attractive 一头漂亮的粗短黑发/金色鬈发等 his reddish crop of shining hair 他那头略带红色的闪亮的短发n COLLOCATIONSverbsgrow a cropMany crops are grown from seed every year.plant a cropFarmers burn their fields in preparation for planting crops.harvest/bring in a cropBrazil's coffee crop begins to be harvested in May.produce a cropThe land is so poor that much of the seed will not produce a crop.rotate the crops (=regularly change the crops grown on a piece of land)Crops are sometimes rotated with grass.something destroys/damages a cropWhen disease destroyed the crop, famine followed.a crop fails (=does not grow or produce food properly)The drought meant the crops failed and food was scarce.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + crop the wheat/cereal/rice etc cropIn January farmers prepare the ground for the potato crop.a food cropThe demand for ethanol has reduced the amount of corn grown as a food crop.a cash crop (=grown to be sold rather than used)Cotton is grown as a cash crop in the savannah.an arable/agricultural crop (=grown on farm land)A lot of woodland has been cleared for arable crops.genetically modified crops (also GM crops) (=ones that have had their genetic structure changed)He argues that genetically modified crops are needed to avoid future famines.a staple crop (=an important one that forms a big part of people's diet)staple crops such as rice and wheatan export crop (=grown to be exported)Cocoa is the country's main export crop.crop + NOUNcrop productionThe area is mostly unsuitable for crop production.crop failure (=failure to grow or produce food)Ethiopia's 1989 crop failure was disastrous.crop damageThe storms caused crop damage across the country.crop rotation (=the practice of rotating crops)Crop rotation helps build up soil fertility.
Examples from the Corpus
crop• They cut fences and drive across crops.• Growers lost 80 percent of the apple crop in the storm.• Thanks to the lovely weather we had a bumper crop of peaches and nectarines this year.• Indian farmers have doubled their output of cereal crops like wheat.• Onions are one of the few crops that whitefly does not damage.• Most of the land is used for growing crops.• The barn was filled with harvested crops, leaving only the threshing floor clear.• As a late crop, it was still kingfisher green, and still full of life.• The maize crops have almost completely failed for several years running.• I well remember during one hot dry summer talking to one grower who was complaining about his poor crop of parsnips.• One tractor pulls it, another keeps a trailer moving alongside to receive the crop.• With high-yield varieties of rice the farmers can grow two or three crops a year.• The rain was so bad this year that he lost the whole crop of barley.• The famine was caused by drought, which led to widespread crop failure.• Nevertheless, to protect your crops they must at least be deterred.crop production• There is a herbarium, as well as a laboratory concerned with scientific research and investigation into plants and crop production.• How can it benefit crop production?• The higher concentration boosted crop production by 40 percent in cotton and by 10 percent in wheat.• The amount of new land available for crop production is extremely limited in almost every part of the world.• We can free up meadows for crop production and we are already seeing rainforests stripped out for new farmland.• Yet these earlier occupants would marvel at the advances in crop production.• Such measures inevitably incur substantial costs which in turn increases the cost of crop production.• The already hot, dry countries of the world tend to be the ones with poor crop production and troubled economies.crop of• Just another morning in just another primary: just another crop of emotionally scarred children.• Every year produces a new crop of explanations, a new collection of essays, experiments, and simulations.• For many years, other crops of ash and maple seeds landed and sprouted.• I well remember during one hot dry summer talking to one grower who was complaining about his poor crop of parsnips.• In autumn 1995, each produced a small crop of their designated variety.• The first is under a spring-sown crop of dredge corn, usually in April.• Nor would all the additional acreage have been possible without those crops of tobacco from the 1930s onward.• The big exception is the most vital crop of all: sugar.crop2 verb (cropped, cropping) 1 DC[transitive] to cut someone’s hair short 剪短〔头发〕 Stella’s had her hair closely cropped. 斯特拉把头发剪得很短。2. TCP[transitive]CUT to cut a part off a photograph or picture so that it is a particular size or shape 裁切〔照片或图画〕3. HBA[transitive] if an animal crops grass or other plants, it makes them short by eating them 〔牲畜〕啃吃〔草等〕4 HBP[intransitive] British English if a plant crops, it produces fruit, grain etc 〔植物结果；结穗；有收成 My strawberries crop in June or July. 我的草莓在六七月份有收成。5 crop up phrasal verb a) HAPPENif a problem crops up, it happens or appears suddenly and in an unexpected way 〔问题〕突然冒出来 SYN ariseb) HAPPENif something such as a name or a subject crops up, it appears in something you read or hear 〔名字或话题〕突然被提到 SYN come up Your name kept cropping up in conversation. 你的名字在谈话中不断被提到。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
crop• She carried a matching jacket, cropped above the waist and short-sleeved, for the Arizona nights had been unusually chilly.• Half-plate pictures, if they are well cropped before being sent out, are equally acceptable.• During the 1970s and 1980s, treatment centers cropped up all over the nation.• Nationally, nearly 50 scooter clubs have cropped up, and scooter runs are held regularly in nearly every state.• However, business lunches may crop up from time to time - and also evening invitations which involve dining at restaurants.• The same species seem to crop up repeatedly.• Once some one has established themselves as being the right sort of chap, then their name crops up time and again.• At that time one of those coincidences, which so often appear in life, cropped up.closely cropped• She was elderly, short, and rather stout, with iron-grey hair closely cropped.• His hair was closely cropped, giving no concessions to the fashionable long-haired male coiffures which he had once enjoyed.• The gaunt faces beneath closely cropped heads and the young faces on emaciated bodies had began to assume form and substance.From Longman Business Dictionarycropcrop /krɒpkrɑːp/ noun [countable]FARMING1a plant such as wheat, rice, or fruit that is grown by farmers in order to be eaten or used in industryThe main crop in China is rice.the cotton crop2the amount of wheat, rice, fruit etc that is produced in a seasonWheat farmers have had a record crop this year. → cash crop → subsistence cropOrigin crop1 Old English cropp “bird's crop, top part of a plant”crop1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1crop2 verbLDOCE OnlineChinese
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crop1 W3 /krɒp $ krɑːp/ 
noun [countable]
The main crops were oats and barley.
crop production
crops grown for market ⇨ cash crop
2. the amount of wheat, rice, fruit etc that is produced in a season
SYN harvest
crop of
this season’s crop of quality pears
Fruit growers are gathering in a bumper crop (=a very large amount of something produced in a season).
increased crop yields
3. crop of somebody/something a group of people who arrive or things that happen at the same time
crop of somebody/something of
South Korea’s present crop of elected politicians
4. a short whip used in horse-riding
5. the part under a bird’s throat where food is stored
6. a very short hairstyle
7. crop of dark hair/blonde curls etc hair that is short, thick, and attractive:
his reddish crop of shining hair
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▪grow a crop Many crops are grown from seed every year.
▪plant a crop Farmers burn their fields in preparation for planting crops.
▪harvest/bring in a crop Brazil's coffee crop begins to be harvested in May.
▪produce a crop The land is so poor that much of the seed will not produce a crop.
▪rotate the crops (=regularly change the crops grown on a piece of land) Crops are sometimes rotated with grass.
▪something destroys/damages a crop When disease destroyed the crop, famine followed.
▪a crop fails (=does not grow or produce food properly) The drought meant the crops failed and food was scarce.
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + crop
▪the wheat/cereal/rice etc crop In January farmers prepare the ground for the potato crop.
▪a food crop The demand for ethanol has reduced the amount of corn grown as a food crop.
▪a cash crop (=grown to be sold rather than used) Cotton is grown as a cash crop in the savannah.
▪an arable/agricultural crop (=grown on farm land) A lot of woodland has been cleared for arable crops.
▪genetically modified crops (also GM crops ) (=ones that have had their genetic structure changed) He argues that genetically modified crops are needed to avoid future famines.
▪a staple crop (=an important one that forms a big part of people's diet) staple crops such as rice and wheat
▪an export crop (=grown to be exported) Cocoa is the country's main export crop.
■ crop + NOUN
▪crop production The area is mostly unsuitable for crop production.
▪crop failure (=failure to grow or produce food) Ethiopia's 1989 crop failure was disastrous.
▪crop damage The storms caused crop damage across the country.
▪crop rotation (=the practice of rotating crops) Crop rotation helps build up soil fertility.
crop2 verb (past tense and past participle cropped, present participle cropping)
1. [transitive] to cut someone’s hair short:
Stella’s had her hair closely cropped.
2. [transitive] to cut a part off a photograph or picture so that it is a particular size or shape
3. [transitive] if an animal crops grass or other plants, it makes them short by eating them
4. [intransitive] British English if a plant crops, it produces fruit, grain etc:
My strawberries crop in June or July.
crop up phrasal verb
1. if a problem crops up, it happens or appears suddenly and in an unexpected way
SYN arise
2. if something such as a name or a subject crops up, it appears in something you read or hear
SYN come up:
Your name kept cropping up in conversation.
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noun [countable] Language: Old English
Origin: cropp 'bird's crop, top part of a plant'
1. a plant such as wheat, rice, or fruit that is grown by farmers and used as food ⇨ GM:Origin: cropp 'bird's crop, top part of a plant'
2. the amount of wheat, rice, fruit etc that is produced in a season
SYN harvest
crop of
3. crop of somebody/something a group of people who arrive or things that happen at the same time
crop of somebody/something of
4. a short whip used in horse-riding
5. the part under a bird’s throat where food is stored
6. a very short hairstyle
7. crop of dark hair/blonde curls etc hair that is short, thick, and attractive:
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verb (past tense and past participle cropped, present participle cropping)1. [transitive] to cut someone’s hair short:
2. [transitive] to cut a part off a photograph or picture so that it is a particular size or shape
3. [transitive] if an animal crops grass or other plants, it makes them short by eating them
4. [intransitive] British English if a plant crops, it produces fruit, grain etc:
crop up phrasal verb
1. if a problem crops up, it happens or appears suddenly and in an unexpected way
SYN arise
2. if something such as a name or a subject crops up, it appears in something you read or hear
SYN come up:
Growing food and raising animals 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/ ( NAmE 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 sth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
Modern farming 现代农场经营
run a fish farm/an organic dairy经营养鱼场／有机乳品场 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(= cropsgenetically modified )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
