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cultivator

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Crops
cul·ti·va·tor /ˈkʌltəveɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  1. formalTAC someone who grows crops or plants, especially a farmer 耕种者〔尤指农民〕2. TACa tool or machine that is used to prepare land for growing crops 中耕机;耕耘机
Examples from the Corpus
cultivatorMr Burrows added cultivator tines to scratch the surface and provide an adequate tilth for the rapeseed.Most lived in rural areas, where they eked out meagre livings as cultivators.Many of these techniques of conservation have already been developed by cultivators and pastoralists themselves.Our farmers are excellent cultivators of the sweet potato.Nevertheless, cultivators and labourers were drawn from all castes, and there were few caste monopolies.Rotary cultivator A powered digger to break up ground.
cul·ti·va·tor nounChineseSyllable
especially or Corpus someone plants, crops a grows who


cultivator
cultivator /ˈkʌltəveɪtə, ˈkʌltɪveɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
1. formal someone who grows crops or plants, especially a farmer
2. a tool or machine that is used to prepare land for growing crops


cul·ti·va·torBrE /ˈkʌltɪveɪtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkʌltɪveɪtər/ 🔊 nouna person who cultivates (= grows crops on) the land 耕种者;种植者;栽培者a machine for breaking up soil and destroying weeds (= plants growing where they are not wanted) 中耕机;松土除草机