单词 | harvest |
释义 | har·vest ![]() n. 1. The act or process of gathering a crop. 2. a. The crop that ripens or is gathered in a season. b. The amount or measure of the crop gathered in a season. c. The time or season of such gathering. 3. The result or consequence of an action: stuck with the harvest of a predecessor's decisions. v. har·vest·ed, har·vest·ing, har·vests v.tr. 1. a. To gather (a crop). b. To take or kill (fish or deer, for example) for food, sport, or population control. c. To extract from a culture or a living or recently deceased body, especially for transplantation: harvested bone marrow. 2. To gather a crop from (land, for example). 3. To receive or collect (energy): a turbine that harvests energy from tidal currents. 4. To receive (the benefits or consequences of an action). See Synonyms at reap. v.intr. To gather a crop. [Middle English, from Old English hærfest; see kerp- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] harvest·a·ble adj. har′vest·a·bili·ty n. |
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