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🔑 cropBrE /krɒp/NAmE /krɑːp/ noun➤plants for food 庄稼🔑 [C] 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。◆crop rotation/production/yield 农作物轮作/生产/产量◆The crops are regularly sprayed with pesticides. 农作物定期喷洒杀虫剂。 arable, barn, crop, cultivate, dairy, fallow, farm, graze, livestock, tractor Farming 农场经营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 (= 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
➡ see also cash crop blight, cereal, crop, genetically modified, grain, harvest, monoculture, organic, staple, yield 🔑 [C] the amount of grain, fruit, etc. that is grown in one season (谷物、水果等一季的)收成,产量 SYN harvest ◆a fall in this year's coffee crop 今年咖啡产量的下降◆We are looking forward to a bumper crop (= a very large one). 我们期盼着大丰收。➤group of people 一群人 [sing.] a ~ of stha group of people who do sth 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➤whip 鞭子 [C] a short whip used by horse riders (骑手的)短马鞭◆a riding crop 骑马用的短马鞭➤hair 头发 [C] a very short hairstyle 短发 [sing.] a ~ of dark, fair, etc. hair/curlshair 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。➤of bird 鸟(specialist) a part of a bird's throat shaped like a bag where food is stored before it passes into the stomach 嗉囊 🔑 cropBrE /krɒp/NAmE /krɑːp/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they crop BrE /krɒp/ NAmE /krɑːp/present simple - he / she / it crops BrE /krɒps/ NAmE /krɑːps/past simple cropped BrE /krɒpt/ NAmE /krɑːpt/past participle cropped BrE /krɒpt/ NAmE /krɑːpt/ -ing form cropping BrE /ˈkrɒpɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈkrɑːpɪŋ/➤hair 头发 [T] ~ sth (+ adj.) to cut sb's hair very short 剪短◆closely cropped hair 剪得很短的头发➤photograph 照片 [T] ~ sth(specialist) to cut off part of a photograph or picture 剪裁,裁切(照片或图画)➤of animals 动物 [T] ~ sthto bite off and eat the tops of plants, especially grass 啃吃(青草或其他植物上面的部分)➤plants 植物 [I] (of plants 植物) to produce a crop 有收成◆The potatoes cropped well this year. 今年马铃薯丰收。 [T] ~ sthto use land to grow crops 种地;种庄稼◆The river valley is intensively cropped. 河谷里种满了庄稼。 ●ˌcrop ˈupto appear or happen, especially when it is not expected (尤指意外地)出现,发生 SYN come up ◆His name just cropped up in conversation. 交谈时无意中就提到了他的名字。◆I'll be late—something's cropped up at home. 我要晚一点来,家里突然出了点事。 |