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crop C0759400 (krŏp)n.1. a. Cultivated plants or agricultural produce, such as grain, vegetables, or fruit, considered as a group: Wheat is a common crop.b. The total yield of such produce in a particular season or place: an orchard that produced a huge crop of apples last year.2. A group, quantity, or supply appearing at one time: a crop of new ideas.3. A short haircut.4. An earmark on an animal.5. a. A short whip used in horseback riding, with a loop serving as a lash.b. The stock of a whip.6. Zoology a. A pouchlike enlargement of a bird's gullet in which food is partially digested or stored for regurgitation to nestlings.b. A similar enlargement in the digestive tract of annelids and insects.v. cropped, crop·ping, crops v.tr.1. a. To cut or bite off the tops or ends of: crop a hedge; sheep cropping grass.b. To cut (hair, for example) very short.c. To clip (an animal's ears, for example).d. To trim (a photograph or picture, for example).2. a. To harvest: crop salmon.b. To cause to grow or yield a crop.v.intr.1. To feed on growing grasses and herbage.2. To plant, grow, or yield a crop.Phrasal Verb: crop up To appear unexpectedly or occasionally: "one of the many theories that keep cropping up in his story" (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt).
[Middle English, from Old English cropp, ear of grain.]crop up vb (intr, adverb) informal to occur or appear, esp unexpectedly Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | crop up - appear suddenly or unexpectedly; "The farm popped into view as we turned the corner"; "He suddenly popped up out of nowhere"pop up, popappear - come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" |
Translationscrop (krop) noun1. a plant which is farmed and harvested. a fine crop of rice; We grow a variety of crops, including cabbages, wheat and barley. 農作物 农作物2. a short whip used when horse-riding. 短馬鞭 赶马用的短鞭3. a (short) haircut. a crop of red hair. (髮型)平頭的 （发式）平头 4. (of certain birds) the first stomach, which hangs like a bag from the neck. (鳥的)膆囊 （鸟的）嗉囊 verb – past tense, past participle cropped – to cut or nibble short. The sheep crop the grass. 剪短﹐啃掉 剪短，啃吃，啮草 crop up to happen unexpectedly. I'm sorry I'm late, but something important cropped up. (事情)突然發生 （问题等）突然发生 crop up
crop upTo suddenly occur or become noticeable. I knew my fears would crop up before I could actually jump from the plane. Problems always seem to crop up when we're about to go away on vacation.See also: crop, upcrop upto appear without warning; to happen suddenly; [for something] to begin to reveal itself in the open. Some new problems cropped up at the last minute.See also: crop, upcrop upAppear unexpectedly or occasionally, as in One theory that crops up periodically is the influence of sunspots on stock prices, or We hope new talent will crop up in the next freshman class. [Mid-1800s] See also: crop, upcrop upv. To happen or appear, often unexpectedly: Errors have cropped up in the report despite all our proofreading.See also: crop, upEncyclopediaSeecropLegalSeeCropcrop up
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