- [countable]
a plant that is grown in large quantities, especially as food 庄稼；作物 
Sugar is an important crop on the island. 糖料作物是这个岛上的一种重要作物。 What are the benefits of growing GM crops? 种植转基因作物有什么好处？ food crops 粮食作物 crop yield/production 作物产量/产量 to grow/plant/harvest crops 种植/种植/收获庄稼 The crops are regularly sprayed with pesticides. 农作物定期喷洒杀虫剂。
Collocations Farmingsee also cash crop, catch cropFarming 农场经营 Growing food and raising animals 种植粮食和饲养动物 - plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
植树；播种；种庄稼；种植葡萄树；种大麦 - grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
种植／生产玉米／小麦／大米／水果 - plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
耕地；犁田 - sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
播种／收获谷粒／农作物／庄稼 - spread manure/fertilizer on something
给…施撒粪肥／肥料 - cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
耕作／灌溉／浇灌／污染庄稼／植物／田地／土地 - damage/destroy/lose your crop
损害／毁坏／损失农作物 - ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
催熟／采摘水果／浆果／葡萄 - press/dry/ferment grapes
压榨／晾干／发酵葡萄 - grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
磨／打谷物／玉米／小麦 - raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
饲养鸡／家禽／牛／猪 - raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
饲养／喂养／放养家畜／牛／羊 - kill/slaughter livestock
屠宰家畜 - preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
防腐保存／熏／加工贮藏／用盐腌制肉
Modern farming 现代农场经营 - run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
从事集约型（生猪／渔业）养殖 - use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
使用（化学／有机）肥料／杀虫剂 - begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
开始／进行转基因作物的田间试验 - grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
种植／研发转基因作物／种子／植物／粮食 - fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
资助／投资基因工程／研究 - improve/increase crop yields
提高／增加粮食产量 - face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
面临／遭受／缓解食物短缺 - label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
给含有转基因生物的食品贴标签 - eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
取消／减少农业补贴 - oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
反对工厂化养殖／转基因食品 - promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
促进／鼓励／支持有机／可持续农耕
Extra ExamplesTopics Farmingb2Crop rotation helps prevent soil erosion. 农作物轮作有助于防止土壤侵蚀。 Crops are sprayed with highly toxic chemicals to prevent insect damage. 农作物喷上了毒性很大的化学药品以预防虫害。 Fodder crops are used to feed livestock. 饲料作物是用来喂牲畜的。 Isolated communities were extremely vulnerable if crops failed. 如果庄稼绝收，偏远的社区便会受到严重影响。 It takes three to five years for a new plantation to bear a crop. 一个新的种植场需要 3 到 5 年的时间才有收成。 Most of the farmers grow arable crops. 这些农民大多数种植庄稼。 Rice is a staple crop for more than half of the world's population. 水稻是世界上超过半数人口食用的主要粮食作物。 Rivers burst their banks and flooded standing crops. 河水冲破河岸，淹没了尚未收割的庄稼。 Summer flash floods destroyed the crops. 夏天突发的洪水毁坏了庄稼。 to boost crop yields 提高农作物产量
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- agricultural
- cash
- commercial
- …
- cultivate
- grow
- produce
- …
- grow
- fail
- rotation
- damage
- failure
- …
- crop of
- [countable]
the amount of grain, fruit, etc. that is grown in one season （谷物、水果等一季的）收成，产量 a fall in this year’s coffee crop 今年咖啡产量的下降 Australia's wheat crop is likely to be lower than forecast this year. 澳大利亚今年的小麦产量可能低于预期。 We are looking forward to a bumper crop (= a very large one). 我们期盼着大丰收。 We had a very good crop of apples last year. 去年我们的苹果获得了大丰收。
Extra ExamplesTopics Farmingb2a crop of carrots 一季产的胡萝卜 a record crop was harvested 获得了一次创纪录的收成。
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 （同时做某事的）一群人，一批人；（同时发生的）一些事情 - [countable]
a short whip used by horse riders （骑手的）短马鞭 a riding crop 骑马用的短马鞭
- [countable]
a very short hairstyle 短发 She has her hair cut in a short crop. 她把头发剪短了。
- [singular] a crop of dark, fair, etc. hair/curls
hair that is short and thick 短而密的头发 - (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庄稼
group of people一群人
whip鞭子
hair头发
of bird鸟
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.