单词 | crop |
释义 | Word Frequency crop(krɒp) noun 1. the produce of cultivated plants, esp cereals, vegetables, and fruit 2. a. the amount of such produce in any particular season b. the yield of some other farm produce the lamb crop 3. a group of products, thoughts, people, etc, appearing at one time or in one season a crop of new publications 4. the stock of a thonged whip 5. short for riding crop 6. a. a pouchlike expanded part of the oesophagus of birds, in which food is stored or partially digested before passing on to the gizzard b. a similar structure in insects, earthworms, and other invertebrates 7. the entire tanned hide of an animal 8. a short cropped hairstyle See also Eton crop 9. a notch in or a piece cut out of the ear of an animal 10. the act of cropping verbWord forms: crops, cropping or cropped (mainly tr) 11. to cut (hair, grass, etc) very short 12. to cut and collect (mature produce) from the land or plant on which it has been grown 13. to clip part of (the ear or ears) of (an animal), esp as a means of identification 14. (also intr) to cause (land) to bear or (of land) to bear or yield a crop the land cropped well 15. (of herbivorous animals) to graze on (grass or similar vegetation) 16. photography to cut off or mask unwanted edges or areas of (a negative or print) Word origin Old English cropp; related to Old Norse kroppr rump, body, Old High German kropf goitre, Norwegian kröypa to bend |
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