harvest
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++har·vest1 /ˈhɑːvɪst $ ˈhɑːr-/ ●●○ noun 1 [countable, uncountable]TACGROW PLANTS, VEGETABLES ETC the time when crops are gathered from the fields, or the act of gathering them 收获期；收获，收割at harvest/at harvest time every year at harvest time 每年在收获的季节wheat/rice/grape etc harvest It rained for the potato harvest. 收马铃薯的时节下起了雨。2 [countable]TAC the crops that have been gathered, or the amount and quality of the crops gathered 收成；收获量good/bumper harvest (=a lot of crops) 丰收 Plum growers are expecting a bumper harvest this year. 种植李树的农民期盼着今年有个好收成。poor/bad harvest (=few crops) 歉收3 reap a harvest RESULTto get good or bad results from your actions 获得成果；尝到苦果 The company is now reaping the harvest of careful planning. 公司现在尝到了精心规划带来的甜头。n COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + harvest good The late frosts ended hopes of a good harvest that year.poor/bad (=with few crops)A series of poor harvests plunged them into debt.a bumper harvest (=a very good harvest)Plum growers are expecting a bumper harvest this year.the grain/potato/corn etc harvestThis year's grain harvest is expected to be well over 85 million tons.harvest + NOUNharvest timeHe hired extra workers to help at harvest time.the harvest seasonOrchard farmers are busiest during the September and October harvest season.verbsbring in/gather in the harvest (also get in the harvest) (=collect the crops from the fields)They were working late into the night to get the harvest in.the harvest fails (=there are no crops or only poor crops)The potato harvest failed that year.
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harvest• Who is the firstfruit of a harvest of blessings to come?• As a result of several bumper harvests, the country now has a grain surplus.• Spraying is necessary, particularly against fungal diseases, to have a decent harvest of nice-looking fruit every year.• Meanwhile the domestic harvest continues apace, with 72 % of the crop gathered.• It should be a good harvest this year.• The heavy frosts had ended hopes of a good harvest that year.• The main harvest will be in July and August, however.• Slower varieties maturing in two months or more need to be sown in July to ensure a lengthy October harvest.• This year's olive harvest was the best since the war.• Recent harvests have been short and not enough trees have been planted for the future.• As California's harvests begin next month, Juan's plight will highlight a nation's shame.• Even the youngest children would come and help to get the harvest in.• The harvest was reported on Sept. 19 as being 40,000,000 tonnes down on the amount at the same time in 1990.• The harvest is usually ready in July or August.• September is usually harvest time.• the wheat harvestwheat/rice/grape etc harvest• You should go at rice harvest, she said.• Despite an 11 percent increase in the 1995 California grape harvest, wine prices for consumers will still go up.• An excellent rice harvest caused prices to plummet by 40 %.• But after three relatively small grape harvests in a row coupled with continuing strong consumer demand, grape prices continue to increase.• August brought the grape harvest, centered in Fresno.• By the 1880s half the wheat harvest was being exported.• This led to a famine and a delay in the wheat harvest of 2 months.• It was estimated that 20 percent of the grape harvest had been lost.poor/bad harvest• A poor harvest in 842, and the imminence of winter, strengthened their determination.• Briars and thorns grow rank where an army camps. Bad harvests are the sequence of a great war.• Farming methods in this area of Moldavia haven't changed for decades and the primitive machinery has meant poor harvests.• But a succession of bad harvests has sent the price of this most popular bubbly soaring.• In addition, there had been several successive bad harvests, and a phylloxera epidemic which devastated the vineyards.• Then there was a long drought which produced a very poor harvest.• The unfairness lay in the fact that these very poor harvests were mainly the result of natural causes.• And the cycle of bad weather, poor harvests, high prices and malnutrition looked all set to repeat itself.harvest2 ●○○ verb 1. [intransitive, transitive]TACGROW PLANTS, VEGETABLES ETC to gather crops from the fields 收获，收割n2 [transitive] to take or collect for use, especially to take a part of someone’s body to put into someone else’s body His family has given permission for his organs to be harvested.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
harvest• Despite increases in yield per acre, that has led to a steady decline in the amount of dates harvested.• Key to the measures is testing for the fungus before each field is harvested.• For Ken Stanier, who's been harvesting apples for 40 years, it's good news.• Cantaloupes needed to be harvested in the Imperial Valley in May.• The group scatters to harvest the guavas.• Once again this autumn, I lost the race with the squirrels to harvest the hazel nuts.• And like the swallows that harvest the thin fields of air, we must become harvesters of ever more intangible fields.• Harvest tip Instead of harvesting the whole cabbage, cut the head leaving a short stump.Origin harvest1 Old English hærfesthar·vest1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1harvest2 verbLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
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harvest
har‧vest1 /ˈhɑːvəst, ˈhɑːvɪst $ ˈhɑːr-/ 
noun
at harvest/at harvest time
every year at harvest time
wheat/rice/grape etc harvest
It rained for the potato harvest.
2. [countable] the crops that have been gathered, or the amount and quality of the crops gathered
good/bumper harvest (=a lot of crops)
Plum growers are expecting a bumper harvest this year.
poor/bad harvest (=few crops)
3. reap a harvest to get good or bad results from your actions:
The company is now reaping the harvest of careful planning.
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + harvest
▪good The late frosts ended hopes of a good harvest that year.
▪poor/bad (=with few crops) A series of poor harvests plunged them into debt.
▪a bumper harvest (=a very good harvest) Plum growers are expecting a bumper harvest this year.
▪the grain/potato/corn etc harvest This year's grain harvest is expected to be well over 85 million tons.
■ harvest + NOUN
▪harvest time He hired extra workers to help at harvest time.
▪the harvest season Orchard farmers are busiest during the September and October harvest season.
■ verbs
▪bring in/gather in the harvest (also get in the harvest ) (=collect the crops from the fields) They were working late into the night to get the harvest in.
▪the harvest fails (=there are no crops or only poor crops) The potato harvest failed that year.
harvest2 verb [intransitive and transitive]
to gather crops from the fields
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noun Language: Old English
Origin: hærfest
1. [uncountable and countable] the time when crops are gathered from the fields, or the act of gathering themOrigin: hærfest
at harvest/at harvest time
wheat/rice/grape etc harvest
2. [countable] the crops that have been gathered, or the amount and quality of the crops gathered
good/bumper harvest (=a lot of crops)
poor/bad harvest (=few crops)
3. reap a harvest to get good or bad results from your actions:
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verb [intransitive and transitive]to gather crops from the fields
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