Word · Frequency #21350
cropper
摔倒；栽跟头；惨败
A fall, a tumble; a decided failure.
- 1.
A fall, a tumble; a decided failure.
跌落,摔倒；彻底的失败。
- 2.
A breed of domestic pigeon with large crop.
一种嗉囊很大的家鸽品种。
- 3.
A person who nurtures and gathers a crop.
培育并收获作物的人。
- 4.
A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.
一种裁剪机,如用于剪切螺栓、铁条,或整理布面。
- 5.
A variety of plant producing a good harvest.
一种能丰产的植物品种。
嗉囊鸽；种植者；庄稼人；裁剪机；剪切机；高产作物品种；跌落,摔倒；彻底的失败。
In use
The cropper worked from dawn to dusk in the fields.
Many croppers in the region struggled to make a living due to poor harvests.
The tenant farmer was a cropper who shared his harvest with the landowner.
a cropper
He is a cropper in the village.
他是村里的一个种植者。
the cropper
The cropper works hard every day.
那个种植者每天辛苦工作。
croppers
The croppers have gathered for the harvest.
种植者们聚集起来准备收割。
Connections
Collocations
- come a cropper
- 栽跟头；惨败
- He came a cropper in the final exam.他在期末考试中惨败。
- come a cropper on
- 在……上栽跟头；在……上失败
- She came a cropper on her first attempt at the driving test.她第一次考驾照就栽了跟头。
- heavy cropper
- 高产植物；丰产品种
- These tomatoes are heavy croppers in warm climates.这些番茄在温暖气候下是高产品种。
- a prolific cropper
- 高产的植物品种
- The new apple variety is a prolific cropper.这种新的苹果品种产量很高。
Idioms & figurative uses
- come a cropper
- 栽跟头；惨败The company came a cropper when it invested in that risky project.那家公司投资那个高风险项目时栽了跟头。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：收割（crop）时手忙脚乱摔了大跟头——cropper 就有了“摔倒、惨败”的意思。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：日常口语、骑马或运动场景、谈论失败或挫折 cropper 作为名词本身较生僻，日常更常出现在口语短语 come a cropper（栽跟头、惨败、摔倒）中，因此多用于非正式场合。其他义项（如嗉囊鸽、种植者、裁剪机）属于专门领域，正式或书面语中才会用到。
Grammar Note
可数名词，表示种植者或农作物。
Pronunciation & Spelling
With the UK pronunciation /ˈkrɒpə/, the words chopper, copper, dropper, shopper, stopper, and proper all end in /ɒpə/ and rhyme; the first five also share the spelling pattern -pper. Note that proper is spelled -per, and lookalikes like crop /krɒp/ and creeper /ˈkriːpə/ do not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
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