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 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）。
• 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。
• Varied foods and food materials have been developed from PSP both at home and abroad. Therefore, PSP can be recommended as a superior cash crop for the production of foods of health benefits.
  目前国内外已针对紫甘薯开发出一系列食品及食品工业原料，其生产及应用受到越来越多的关注，是一种很有发展前景的经济作物。
• 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 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。
• Rapeseed is the very important cash crop in China and Canada.
  油菜在中国和加拿大都是非常重要的经济作物。
• 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。
• Eucommia is a Chinese traditional cash crop, which is been concerned for its medicinal value.
  杜仲是我国的传统的经济作物，其药用价值一直备受关注。
• Billy: Snack food is the main cash crop.
  比利：零食是主要的收入来源。
• 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）。