n (1)农作物，庄稼(plants that is farmed in the fields and harvested)[pl]：vast fields of～s 广袤的庄稼地;economic/high-yielding～s 经济/高产作物;treat the～s with fertiliser给庄稼施肥;grow a variety of～s 种各种各样的庄稼;Wheat is a widely grown～.小麦是一种种植很广的农作物。

(2)收成(amount of the products of such plants grown or gathered in a single season or place)[C]：The wheat/corn/potato～is large(abundant).小麦/谷物/土豆收成很好(颇丰)。have a good/fine/bumper/poor～of rice (apples)稻子(苹果)收成好/收成很好/大丰收/欠收;get two～s of rice a year一年收两季稻子;〖同〗harvest， yield，gathering;

(3)一批(群)((new or fresh) group of people or things appearing or produced at any one time as a crop)[C，a～][N(of)]：the current～of school-leavers本届中学毕业生;this year's new～of students今年的这批新生;a～of new ideas一些新的想法;face a new～of problems面临许多新问题;a large～of mistakes in an essay/of complaints about a programme一篇论文中的大量错误/对一节目的诸多不满意见;produce a whole new～of theories提出一整套新理论;

(4)鸟的嗉囊(bag-like part of a bird's throat where food is stored and partly digested)[C];

(5)(鞘打成圈的)皮马鞭(short whip with a short loop instead of a lash，used in horseback riding)[C](=hunting-crop，riding-crop);

(6)短发(式)(very short hair on a person's head or on an animal)[C，a ～]：a～of red hair剪得很短的红头发;give a dog a close～把狗的毛剪得短短的;

v (1)剪短(头发、马尾、马耳朵)(cut(the hair of a person，an animal or a horse's ear)short)[T+n，C+n+adj]：His hair was～ped (short) when he entered the army.他入伍时头发剪短了。have one's hair～ped(close to the skull) 让人把头发(紧贴头皮)剪短;a boy with closely～ped hair头发剪得很短的男孩;

(2)(动物)啃吃(植物)((of animals such as sheep，cows，horses，etc)bite off and eat the tops of(grass，plants，etc))[T+n，C+n+adj]：The horses～ped the hedge.马啃吃了树篱。The sheep～ped the grass (short).羊啃吃了草。

(3)产(收获)((of plants，fields，etc)bear a crop)[I]：The wheat/potatoes～ped well (badly) this year. 今年麦子/土豆收成好(差)。

(4)种植(plant (an area of land) with a crop)[T+n+prep(with)]：～a field with wheat/barley 在一块地上种小麦/大麦;

crop up (v adv)(意外地)出现，发生(vi)：Some difficulties/troubles/new problems/new subjects～ped up.出现了一些困难/麻烦/新的问题/新学科。When did that word first～up in German? 那个词最早是什么时候在德语中出现的? Something important～ped up.发生了一件重要的事情。

→′cropper n 农作物;剪毛机(人)