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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I heard it was the ultimate cash crop.
  我听说是最终赚钱作物。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 see. What is the main cash crop?
  我明白了。那主要的收入来源是什么呢？