reaper

IPA/ˈriːpə(r)/
KK[rˈipɚ]IPA/ˈriːpər/

reaper — 名詞

  • reapersingular
  • reapersplural

1. a person who cuts down ripe cereal crops such as wheat or barley, or a machine t

1.名詞B2
釋義

收割者

收割作物的人或機器

a person who cuts down ripe cereal crops such as wheat or barley, or a machine that performs this farm work

例句

Beatriz hired a team of reapers to bring in the barley before the storm arrived.

Beatriz 僱了一組收割者,趕在暴風雨來臨前將大麥收進來。

hire + reapers for harvesting a specific crop

The experienced reaper Emre used a traditional scythe while his neighbours ran modern tractors.

老練的收割者 Emre 使用傳統長柄鐮刀,而他的鄰居已經開著現代曳引機。

traditional reaper + scythe for manual harvesting

常見搭配
  • hire a reaper
  • mechanical reaper
  • reaper cuts ...
  • seasonal reaper
同義詞
  • harvester

    more common for machines; can also mean a person

  • cutter

    general term; less specific to grain crops

用法筆記

A reaper can refer to either a person doing manual farm work (historically with a scythe or sickle) or a mechanical harvester. The phrase 'the Grim Reaper' (always capitalised) is a fixed cultural expression for death personified and is not related to literal farming.

常見錯誤

The grim reaper came for him at midnight.
The Grim Reaper came for him at midnight.
when referring to the personification of death, both words are capitalised as a proper noun phrase.

同根字

常見搭配

常用片語

  • the Grim Reaper