reap
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they reap | |
| he / she / it reaps | |
| past simple reaped | |
| past participle reaped | |
| -ing form reaping |
- [transitive] reap something
to obtain something, especially something good, as a direct result of something that you have done 取得（成果）；收获 - [intransitive, transitive] reap (something)
to cut and collect a crop, especially wheat, from a field 收割（庄稼）；收获
Word OriginOld English ripan, reopan, of unknown origin.
Idioms
reap a/the harvest
- (British English)
to benefit or suffer as a direct result of something that you have done 享受成果；承担后果；种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆
you reap what you sow
- (saying)
you have to deal with the bad effects or results of something that you originally started 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆