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

• He's got fields of the stuff down on his farm, but as a cash crop there was one big problem: it didn't generate much cash.
  虽然他的农场片片地种着这东西，但作为一种商品作物，它的一缺陷就是创收有限。
• Yet the forests surrounding the national park are swiftly being converted to roads, cash crop plantations and other development projects.
  然而，这个国家公园周围的森林被迅速地变成了道路、商品作物种植园和其他发展项目。
• Cash crop is a crop, such as tobacco, grown for direct sale rather than for livestock feed.
  经济作物为直接出售而非作为家畜饲料而种植的庄稼，如烟草。
• 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。
• 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。
• Follow the mesa between the sea plain and central mountainous country, develop for the tropical cash crop area much.
  沿海平原和中部山地之间的台地，多开辟为热带经济作物区。
• Strawberry is an important cash crop, but strawberry diseases each year will cause varying degrees of loss.
  草莓是我国重要的经济作物，但每年因草莓病害都会造成不同程度的损失。
• Cotton, as an important cash crop, is widely planted in China, especially in Xinjiang district.
  我国是一个农业大国，棉花作为一种重要的经济作物，种植广泛，尤以新疆棉区最为明显。
• 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。
• I heard it was the ultimate cash crop.
  我听说是最终赚钱作物。