Word · Frequency #21225
harvester
收获者；收割庄稼的人
a person who helps to gather the harvest
- 1.
A machine that gathers the harvest (harvests the crop).
收割机,收割作物的机器。
- 2.
A type of heavy forestry vehicle employed in cut-to-length logging for felling, delimbing and bucking trees; an instance of this type.
一种重型林业车辆,用于定长伐木作业中的伐木、去枝和截断；此类车辆的一台。
- 3.
A program or algorithm that gathers data from a source.
从数据源收集数据的程序或算法。
- 4.
A North American butterfly species, Feniseca tarquinius, whose larvae eat aphids and are the only entirely carnivorous caterpillars in North America; an individual of this species.
一种北美蝴蝶,学名Feniseca tarquinius,其幼虫以蚜虫为食,是北美唯一完全食肉的毛虫；该物种的一只。
- 5.
Any butterfly of the lycaenid subfamily Miletinae to which this belongs, which are all carnivores.
该属所属的灰蝶科Miletinae亚科的任何蝴蝶,均为食肉动物。
收割机；收割机,收割作物的机器。；一种重型林业车辆,用于定长伐木作业中的伐木、去枝和截断；此类车辆的一台。；从数据源收集数据的程序或算法。；一种北美蝴蝶,学名Feniseca tarquinius,其幼虫以蚜虫为食,是北美唯一完全食肉的毛虫；该物种的一只。
In use
Every autumn, the harvesters work from sunrise to sunset in the wheat fields.
The farmer hired a team of harvesters to help bring in the rice before the rain.
The young harvester tied the wheat into bundles by hand.
a harvester
harvester 指人时，意为“收割者、收获者”。
A harvester helps gather the harvest.
收割者帮助收获庄稼。
the harvester
harvester 指机器时，意为“收割机”。
The harvester is cutting the wheat.
收割机正在收割小麦。
Common mistakes
There are many harvester in the field.
Connections
Collocations
- combine harvester
- 联合收割机
- The combine harvester cut the wheat in one pass.联合收割机一次就割完了小麦。
- mechanical harvester
- 机械收割机
- Mechanical harvesters have replaced many field workers.机械收割机取代了许多田间工人。
- wheat harvester
- 小麦收割机
- A wheat harvester can clear a large field quickly.小麦收割机能很快收完一大片田地。
- cotton harvester
- 棉花收割机
- The cotton harvester picked the bolls without damaging the plants.棉花收割机采摘棉铃，不损伤植株。
Pop culture & quotes
- Harvester of sorrow
- 悲伤的收割者In Metallica's song "Harvester of Sorrow", the chorus repeats the phrase "Harvester of sorrow".
Learner notes
Memory Tip
harvest 是“收割”，-er 表示“…的人/机器”，所以 harvester 就是收割庄稼的人或收割机。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：农业、收割作业、文学或正式叙述 ‘harvester’ 通常为中性词。指‘收割机’时常见于农业或机械相关场合；指‘收割庄稼的人’时多用于书面或文学描述，日常口语中较少单用这个词。
Grammar Note
harvester 既可指收割庄稼的人，也可指收割机，需根据上下文判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words share the spelling ending '-ster' and the unstressed final sound /stə/, but none rhymes with harvester because the stressed vowel differs: /ɑː/ in harvester versus /ɒ/ in monster and lobster, /æ/ in gangster, /ʌ/ in youngster, /ɔɪ/ in oyster, /uː/ in rooster. Be careful not to rhyme them by sight.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.