cash crop

英 [ˈkæʃ krɒp]

美 [ˈkæʃ krɑːp]

n.  商品作物; 经济作物

经济

牛津词典

noun

• 商品作物；经济作物
  a crop grown for selling, rather than for use by the person who grows it

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 经济作物
  Acash cropis a crop that is grown in order to be sold.
  1. Cranberries have become a major cash crop.
     越橘已经成了主要经济作物。

英英释义

noun

• a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco)

双语例句

• The cash crop that has a huge demand the world over and with easy going farming methods of Bt cotton had persuaded many farmers to engage in its cultivation, thereby, earning them a handsome income.
  现金作物在世界上拥有巨大的需求，由于Bt棉花的随和的耕作方式，所以说服了很多农民从事该植物的种植，从而赢得了很理想的收入。
• Cranberries have become a major cash crop.
  越橘已经成了主要经济作物。
• These large-scale estates not only planted corns, but also cultivated cash crop and bred herds. Therefore, this profitable economy began to be an object of pursuit for the upper class.
  这种大规模的土地经营不仅表现在谷物种植方面，也包括经济作物的种植和大范围的牲畜饲养，而有利可图的经营方式开始成为上层社会逐利的目标。
• The peasants have discovered that potatoes are a lucrative cash crop, so they no longer live semi-nomadic lives and are building new homes with roofs of steel not wooden shingles.
  农民发现种植土豆是利润丰厚的经济作物后，放弃了昔日的半游牧生活，转而盖起铁皮屋顶的新居（而不是传统的木瓦）。
• Any farmer caught cultivating the cash crop would be severely punished, usually by death.
  一旦发现有种植此经济作物的将会受到严惩（凡是是死刑）。
• The cash dividends they get from the cash crop would sustain them during the lean season
  从经济作物中获得的收益能帮助他们度过不景气的时期。
• Cash crop: A crop sold directly on the market as compared to one which is fed to animals or otherwise used But not sold.
  经济作物：一种直接向市场销售的作物，区别于用来喂养牲口或用作其他用途，而不是销售的作物。
• Cotton is Uganda's second leading cash crop after coffee.
  棉花是乌干达仅次于咖啡的创收型经济作物。
• I guess you could say it's the ultimate cash crop.
  我想你可以把它称为最赚钱的作物。
• Detoxification potato is a major cash crop planted in the south of Liaoning.
  脱毒马铃薯是辽南地区种植较多的经济作物。