cropped
cropped — 動詞
1. to use scissors, clippers, or another blade to reduce the length of hair, fur, o
修剪；剪短
用剪刀或推子把毛髮、植物剪短
to use scissors, clippers, or another blade to reduce the length of hair, fur, or something similar so that what remains is noticeably shorter than before.
Theo cropped his beard before the wedding ceremony on Saturday morning.
Theo 在週六婚禮前先修剪了鬍子。
crop + body-hair object
The barber cropped Yuki's long hair into a neat bob.
理髮師把 Yuki 的長髮剪短為俐落的短鮑伯頭。
crop + [hair] into [style]
Olufemi cropped the dog's matted fur with electric clippers.
Olufemi 用電動推剪把狗打結的毛剪短。
The gardener cropped the hedge so the flowers behind it could be seen.
園丁把樹籬修剪短，讓後方的花能被看見。
- grow out
to let hair or fur become longer over time
文法句型
crop + noun
用法筆記
Frequently used with hair, beards, fur, plants, or other things that have length. Object is usually something already attached, not loose material.
常見錯誤
2. when farm animals like sheep, cows, or horses bite off the leafy tops of grass o
啃食；吃草
牲畜啃食草或低矮植物的頂端
when farm animals like sheep, cows, or horses bite off the leafy tops of grass or low plants and chew them as food.
Aanya watched the sheep crop the grass on the hillside near her village.
Aanya 看著綿羊在她村莊附近的山坡上啃食青草。
subject: grazing animal
The horses cropped the wildflowers along the riverbank all afternoon.
馬群整個下午在河岸邊啃食野花。
Goats had cropped the meadow so closely that the soil was visible.
山羊把那片草地啃得很短，連泥土都露了出來。
Linnea watched her cows crop the new green shoots after the rain.
Linnea 看著乳牛啃食雨後新長出的嫩芽。
文法句型
[animal] + crop + [plant]
用法筆記
Subject is always a grazing animal; object is grass or other low-growing plants. Distinguish from sense 1 (people cutting): only animals 'crop' in this sense.
3. to use a photo app or editing program to cut away the outer parts of a photo or
裁切；裁圖
在編修軟體中裁掉照片邊緣只留主體
to use a photo app or editing program to cut away the outer parts of a photo or image so that only the main subject is visible.
Hiroshi cropped the holiday photo to focus on his daughter's face.
Hiroshi 把度假照片裁切成只剩女兒的臉。
crop + photo + to focus on [subject]
Adaeze cropped the screenshot before sending it to her project team.
Adaeze 在傳給專案組之前先把截圖裁切過。
I cropped the wedding picture so only Camila and her grandmother appear.
我把婚禮照片裁切成只剩 Camila 和她外婆。
The designer cropped the product image to fit the square website banner.
設計師把產品圖裁切成正方形，以符合網站橫幅。
文法句型
crop + photo/image
用法筆記
Object is always a visual image (photo, screenshot, video frame). Often followed by 'to' + reason (to focus on, to fit, to remove).
常見錯誤
4. when a plant or tree produces fruit, flowers, or seeds during its growing season
結實；產果
植物在生長季結出可量化的果實或花
when a plant or tree produces fruit, flowers, or seeds during its growing season, especially in a measurable quantity.
The apple trees in Tomás's orchard cropped heavily after the wet spring.
Tomás 果園裡的蘋果樹在多雨的春天後結實纍纍。
crop + heavily/well/poorly
Esra's tomato plants cropped well even though the summer was unusually cool.
雖然今年夏天偏涼，Esra 的番茄仍結實良好。
crop + well
The pear trees cropped poorly this year because of the late frost in April.
因為四月晚霜，今年的梨樹結實很差。
Young vines rarely crop in their first two years after planting.
葡萄樹在種下後的頭兩年很少結果。
文法句型
[plant] + crop + [adverb]
用法筆記
Subject is always a fruit-bearing plant or tree. Almost always paired with an adverb (heavily, well, poorly) indicating yield amount.
5. to plant and grow food plants such as wheat, corn, or vegetables on a piece of f
耕種；種植
在農地上種植作物，通常為農場營運
to plant and grow food plants such as wheat, corn, or vegetables on a piece of farmland, usually as part of a farming business.
Yusra's family has cropped these fields with wheat for four generations.
Yusra 的家族在這幾塊田耕種小麥已經傳了四代。
crop + [land] + with + [plant]
Mei plans to crop the southern paddock with sweet corn next spring.
Mei 打算明年春天在南邊那塊田種甜玉米。
The hillside is too steep to crop with anything but olive trees.
這片山坡太陡，只能種橄欖樹。
Farmers in the valley have cropped this rich soil for over a century.
山谷裡的農民在這片肥沃的土地上耕種了一個多世紀。
- leave fallow
to deliberately not plant on land for a season to let it recover
文法句型
crop + [land area]
用法筆記
Object is the piece of land, not the plant. To name the plant grown, add 'with + [plant name]'. Distinguish from sense 4 where the plant itself is subject; here the farmer is subject.
cropped — 名詞
1. a food plant such as wheat, rice, or apples grown on a large scale by farmers —
農作物；收成
大規模種植的食用作物或一季的總收穫量
a food plant such as wheat, rice, or apples grown on a large scale by farmers — or the total amount of that plant collected in one season.
The rice crop in Lin's home village was destroyed by the heavy floods.
Lin 家鄉村莊的稻米作物被大水沖毀了。
[plant] + crop
Farmers across Kenya rely on maize as their main food crop each year.
肯亞各地的農民每年都靠玉米作為主要糧食作物。
main/staple + crop
This year's grape crop was the smallest in twenty years because of the drought.
因為乾旱，今年的葡萄收成是二十年來最少的。
Diego earns most of his income from the coffee crop on his small farm.
Diego 大部分收入來自他小農場上的咖啡作物。
Heavy snow in April ruined the cherry crop in the orchards near Kyoto.
四月的大雪毀了京都附近果園的櫻桃收成。
文法句型
a crop of [plant]
the [year] crop
用法筆記
Countable; refers either to the kind of plant (rice crop) or to one season's total (this year's crop). Often preceded by a specific plant name or by 'main/staple/cash'.
2. a set of similar people, products, or events that all appear or become known wit
一批；一群
同一時期出現的同類人或事物
a set of similar people, products, or events that all appear or become known within roughly the same stretch of time.
This year's crop of first-year students is the largest the university has ever seen.
今年的這一批大一新生是該大學史上最多的一屆。
[period]'s crop of + [people]
Sven was impressed by the new crop of cooking shows on the streaming platform.
Sven 對串流平台上這一批新的料理節目印象深刻。
new + crop
The festival featured a strong crop of debut novels from young African writers.
藝術節推出了一批年輕非洲作家的首部長篇小說。
A fresh crop of complaints arrived after the company changed its return policy.
公司更改退貨政策後，又湧來新一批的客訴。
- batch
more neutral; emphasises items produced together as one set
- wave
stresses arrival in succession over a short time
- generation
for groups of people defined by a common period or experience
文法句型
a crop of + [plural noun]
用法筆記
Always 'a crop of' + plural noun. Used about people, products, news items, or events appearing in the same time window. Distinguish from sense 1: here no actual farming is involved.
常見錯誤
3. a way of cutting someone's hair so that it sits very close to the head, similar
短髮；平頭
貼著頭皮全頭等長的短髮造型
a way of cutting someone's hair so that it sits very close to the head, similar in length all over.
Kofi got a short crop before joining the army training programme.
Kofi 在進入軍方訓練營前剪了個短平頭。
short + crop
Mei's new crop suited her face better than her long ponytail had.
Mei 的新短髮比她原本的長馬尾更適合她的臉型。
The actor's silver crop has become a signature look at film festivals.
這位演員的銀色短髮已成為他在影展上的招牌造型。
A neat crop is much easier to look after than long, layered hair.
整齊的短髮比長的層次髮型好整理得多。
文法句型
a [adjective] crop
用法筆記
Refers to the resulting hairstyle, not the act of cutting (use verb sense 1 for that). Often preceded by a describing word such as 'short', 'neat', or 'cropped'.
4. a small bag-shaped pouch inside the neck of many bird species, used to hold and
嗉囊
鳥類食道前端暫存食物的袋狀構造
a small bag-shaped pouch inside the neck of many bird species, used to hold and soften swallowed food before digestion begins.
Pigeons store seeds in their crop before flying back to feed their chicks.
鴿子會先把種子存在嗉囊裡，再飛回去餵雛鳥。
in [bird]'s crop
Anushka noticed the chicken's crop was unusually swollen after a long morning of feeding.
Anushka 注意到那隻雞餵食一上午後嗉囊腫得異常大。
The vet examined the parrot's crop to find out why it was refusing food.
獸醫檢查那隻鸚鵡的嗉囊，想找出牠拒食的原因。
Doves produce a special milky liquid in their crop to feed their young.
鴿子會在嗉囊裡分泌一種乳狀液體來餵養雛鳥。
- craw
older everyday word for the same bird body part
文法句型
a bird's crop
用法筆記
Technical bird-anatomy term; almost always used in a possessive form ('the chicken's crop'). Appears in biology lessons and veterinary contexts more than everyday speech.
5. a thin, short stick with a small leather loop at the end, used by horse riders t
馬鞭
末端有皮環、騎馬時輕拍馬匹的短鞭
a thin, short stick with a small leather loop at the end, used by horse riders to tap the horse and guide its speed or direction.
Esra gripped her riding crop loosely as she guided the pony around the show ring.
Esra 輕握著馬鞭，引導小馬繞著表演場走。
riding + crop
The trainer placed the crop across her lap when teaching the children.
教練在教孩子們時把馬鞭橫放在大腿上。
Riders in the dressage event are not allowed to use a crop during competition.
盛裝舞步比賽中，騎手在賽事中不得使用馬鞭。
Linnea tapped the horse's flank lightly with her crop to ask for a gentle trot.
Linnea 用馬鞭輕拍馬的側腹，示意牠輕快小跑。
- whip
broader term; a whip is usually longer and more flexible than a crop
文法句型
a riding crop
用法筆記
Often called a 'riding crop' in full. The leather loop at the end is what touches the horse — riders should tap, not strike. Found in horse-riding, racing, and equestrian contexts.