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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crop \Crop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cropped} (kr?pt); p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Cropping}.]
   1. To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to
      browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap.

            I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a
            tender one.                           --Ezek. xvii.
                                                  22.

   2. Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest.

            Death . . . .crops the growing boys. --Creech.

   3. To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field.

Crop \Crop\, v. i.
   To yield harvest.

   {To crop out}.
   (a) (Geol.) To appear above the surface, as a seam or vein,
       or inclined bed, as of coal.
   (b) To come to light; to be manifest; to appear; as, the
       peculiarities of an author crop out.

   {To crop up}, to sprout; to spring up. ``Cares crop up in
      villas.`` --Beaconsfield.

Crop \Crop\ (kr?p), n. [OE. crop, croppe, craw, top of a plant,
   harvest, AS. crop, cropp, craw, top, bunch, ear of corn; akin
   to D. krop craw, G. kropf, Icel. kroppr hump or bunch on the
   body, body; but cf. also W. cropa, croppa, crop or craw of a
   bird, Ir. & Gael. sgroban. Cf. {Croup}, {Crupper}, {Croup}.]
   1. The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving
      as a receptacle for food; the craw.

   2. The top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a
      plant or tree. [Obs.] ``Crop and root.'' --Chaucer.

   3. That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single
      felld, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a
      single season; especially, the product of what is planted
      in the earth; fruit; harvest.

            Lab'ring the soil, and reaping plenteous crop, Corn,
            wine, and oil.                        --Milton.

   4. Grain or other product of the field while standing.

   5. Anything cut off or gathered.

            Guiltless of steel, and from the razor free, It
            falls a plenteous crop reserved for thee. --Dryden.

   6. Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so
      cutting; as, a convict's crop.

   7. (Arch.) A projecting ornament in carved stone.
      Specifically, a finial. [Obs.]

   8. (Mining.)
      (a) Tin ore prepared for smelting.
      (b) Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface. --Knight.

   9. A riding whip with a loop instead of a lash.

   {Neck and crop}, altogether; roughly and at once. [Colloq.]

资料来源 : WordNet®

crop
     v 1: cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short"
     2: prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
        [syn: {cultivate}, {work}]
     3: yield crops; "This land crops well"
     4: let feed in a field or pasture or meadow [syn: {graze}, {pasture}]
     5: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn:
         {browse}, {graze}, {range}, {pasture}]
     6: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the
        plants in the garden" [syn: {snip}, {clip}, {trim}, {lop},
         {dress}, {prune}, {cut back}]
     [also: {cropping}, {cropped}]

crop
     n 1: the yield from plants in a single growing season [syn: {harvest}]
     2: a collection of people or things appearing together; "the
        annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas"
     3: the output of something in a season; "the latest crop of
        fashions is about to hit the stores"
     4: the stock or handle of a whip
     5: a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles
        a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
        [syn: {craw}]
     [also: {cropping}, {cropped}]