crop /krɒp/ star3 CET4 TEM4 (cropping,cropped,crops)

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） 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（可数名词） 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。

• 3.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） 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（单数型名词） 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（不及物动词） 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（及物动词） 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（及物动词） 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。