| 单词 | cash-crop |
| 释义 | > as lemmascash-crop cash-crop n. originally U.S. a crop cultivated primarily for its commercial value (opposed to one for subsistence, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > cash-crop money crop1867 cash-crop1869 1869 Rep. U.S. Dept. Agric. 1868 18 Wheat is a cash crop, and demands a small outlay of labor. 1934 F. R. Irvine Text-bk. W. Afr. Agric. p. vii, (heading) Cash Crops. 1937 Geogr. Jrnl. 90 75 This grafting of cash-crop production on subsistence agriculture in tribal communities. 1942 Rep. Comm. Land Utilisation in Rural Areas 5 Cash crops are crops sold directly off the farm, as opposed to those used on the farm. cash-crop cash-crop v. [as a back-formation] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivate plants or crops [verb (transitive)] > cash-crop cash-crop1960 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 8 Mar. 91/1 Try to reduce the acreage per cow to 1½ and cash-crop what you save. < as lemmas |
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