crop /krɒp/ CET4 TEM4 ( cropping, cropped, crops )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT Crops are plants such as wheat and potatoes that are grown in large quantities for food. 庄稼

  例：

  Rice farmers here still plant and harvest their crops by hand.

  这里的稻农仍然用手工种植和收割庄稼。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT The plants or fruits that are collected at harvest time are referred to as a crop. 收成

  例：

  Each year it produces a fine crop of fruit.

  每年这里的水果收成都不错。

  例：

  The U.S. government says that this year's corn crop should be about 8 percent more than last year.

  美国政府称今年的玉米产量应该比去年增长约8﹪。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A crop is a short hairstyle. 短发

  例：

  She had her long hair cut into a boyish crop.

  她让人把她的长发剪成了像男孩子的短发。

• 4. 

  N-SING You can refer to a group of people or things that have appeared together as a crop of people or things. 一群 (人); 一堆 (物) [非正式]

  例：

  The present crop of books and documentaries about Marilyn Monroe exploit the thirtieth anniversary of her death.

  现在这批有关玛丽莲·梦露的书籍和记录片是借她去世三十周年纪念之机而发行的。

• 5. 

  V-I When a plant crops, it produces fruits or parts which people want. 收获

  例：

  Although these vegetables adapt well to our temperate climate, they tend to crop poorly.

  虽然这些蔬菜能够适应我们这里的温和气候，但它们的产量常常不高。

• 6. 

  V-T To crop someone's hair means to cut it short. 把…剪短

  例：

  She cropped her hair and dyed it blonde.

  她把头发剪短并染成了金色。

• 7. 

  V-T If you crop a photograph, you cut part of it off, in order to get rid of part of the picture or to be able to frame it. 裁切

  例：

  I decided to crop the picture just above the water line.

  我决定把这张照片裁切到刚刚高于水位线的地方。