- [countable]
a plant that is grown in large quantities, especially as food 莊稼；作物 
Sugar is an important crop on the island. 糖料作物是這個島上的一種重要作物。 What are the benefits of growing GM crops? 種植轉基因作物有什麽好處？ food crops 糧食作物 crop yield/production 作物産量/産量 to grow/plant/harvest crops 種植/種植/收獲莊稼 The crops are regularly sprayed with pesticides. 農作物定期噴灑殺蟲劑。
Collocations Farmingsee also cash crop, catch cropFarming 農場經營 Growing food and raising animals 種植糧食和飼養動物 - plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
植樹；播種；種莊稼；種植葡萄樹；種大麥 - grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
種植／生産玉米／小麥／大米／水果 - plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
耕地；犁田 - sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
播種／收獲谷粒／農作物／莊稼 - spread manure/fertilizer on something
給…施撒糞肥／肥料 - cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
耕作／灌溉／澆灌／污染莊稼／植物／田地／土地 - damage/destroy/lose your crop
損害／毀壞／損失農作物 - ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
催熟／采摘水果／漿果／葡萄 - press/dry/ferment grapes
壓榨／晾幹／發酵葡萄 - grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
磨／打谷物／玉米／小麥 - raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
飼養雞／家禽／牛／豬 - raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
飼養／喂養／放養家畜／牛／羊 - kill/slaughter livestock
屠宰家畜 - preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
防腐保存／熏／加工貯藏／用鹽腌制肉
Modern farming 現代農場經營 - run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
從事集約型（生豬／漁業）養殖 - use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
使用（化學／有機）肥料／殺蟲劑 - begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
開始／進行轉基因作物的田間試驗 - grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
種植／研發轉基因作物／種子／植物／糧食 - fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
資助／投資基因工程／研究 - improve/increase crop yields
提高／增加糧食産量 - face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
面臨／遭受／緩解食物短缺 - label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
給含有轉基因生物的食品貼標簽 - eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
取消／減少農業補貼 - oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
反對工廠化養殖／轉基因食品 - promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
促進／鼓勵／支持有機／可持續農耕
Extra ExamplesTopics Farmingb2Crop rotation helps prevent soil erosion. 農作物輪作有助於防止土壤侵蝕。 Crops are sprayed with highly toxic chemicals to prevent insect damage. 農作物噴上了毒性很大的化學藥品以預防蟲害。 Fodder crops are used to feed livestock. 飼料作物是用來喂牲畜的。 Isolated communities were extremely vulnerable if crops failed. 如果莊稼絕收，偏遠的社區便會受到嚴重影響。 It takes three to five years for a new plantation to bear a crop. 一個新的種植場需要 3 到 5 年的時間才有收成。 Most of the farmers grow arable crops. 這些農民大多數種植莊稼。 Rice is a staple crop for more than half of the world's population. 水稻是世界上超過半數人口食用的主要糧食作物。 Rivers burst their banks and flooded standing crops. 河水沖破河岸，淹沒了尚未收割的莊稼。 Summer flash floods destroyed the crops. 夏天突發的洪水毀壞了莊稼。 to boost crop yields 提高農作物産量
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- agricultural
- cash
- commercial
- …
- cultivate
- grow
- produce
- …
- grow
- fail
- rotation
- damage
- failure
- …
- crop of
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the amount of grain, fruit, etc. that is grown in one season （谷物、水果等一季的）收成，産量 a fall in this year’s coffee crop 今年咖啡産量的下降 Australia's wheat crop is likely to be lower than forecast this year. 澳大利亞今年的小麥産量可能低於預期。 We are looking forward to a bumper crop (= a very large one). 我們期盼着大豐收。 We had a very good crop of apples last year. 去年我們的蘋果獲得了大豐收。
Extra ExamplesTopics Farmingb2a crop of carrots 一季産的胡蘿蔔 a record crop was harvested 獲得了一次創紀錄的收成。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- abundant
- bumper
- excellent
- …
- get
- harvest
- have
- …
- crop of
- [singular] a crop of something
a group of people who do something at the same time; a number of things that happen at the same time （同時做某事的）一群人，一批人；（同時發生的）一些事情 - [countable]
a short whip used by horse riders （騎手的）短馬鞭 a riding crop 騎馬用的短馬鞭
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a very short hairstyle 短發 She has her hair cut in a short crop. 她把頭發剪短了。
- [singular] a crop of dark, fair, etc. hair/curls
hair that is short and thick 短而密的頭發 - (specialist)
a part of a bird’s throat that has the shape of a bag where food is stored before it passes into the stomach 嗉囊 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- agricultural
- cash
- commercial
- …
- cultivate
- grow
- produce
- …
- grow
- fail
- rotation
- damage
- failure
- …
- crop of
plants for food莊稼
group of people一群人
whip鞭子
hair頭發
of bird鳥
Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to German Kropf. From Old English to the late 18th cent. there existed a sense ‘flower head, ear of corn’, giving rise to sense (1) and senses referring to the top of something.