cropping
 裁剪


 Crop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cropped p. pr. & vb. n. Cropping.]
 1. To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap.
    I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one.   --Ezek. xvii. 22.
 2. Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest.
    Death . . . .crops the growing boys.
 3. To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field.


 cropping
      See crop


 crop
      n 1: the yield from plants in a single growing season [syn: harvest]
      2: a collection of people or things appearing together; "the
         annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas"
      3: the output of something in a season; "the latest crop of
         fashions is about to hit the stores"
      4: the stock or handle of a whip
      5: a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles
         a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
         [syn: craw]
      v 1: cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short"
      2: prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
         [syn: cultivate, work]
      3: yield crops; "This land crops well"
      4: let feed in a field or pasture or meadow [syn: graze, pasture]
      5: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn:
          browse, graze, range, pasture]
      6: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the
         plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, trim, lop,
          dress, prune, cut back]
      [also: cropping, cropped]