harvest

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈhɑː(ɹ)vɪst/|/ˈhɑː(ɹ)vəst/    /ˈhɑɹ.vəst/|/ˈhɑɹ.vɪst/|/ˈhaːvəst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting. countable,uncountable
    — The constant rain made the harvest a nightmare this year.
  2. The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits. countable,uncountable
    — This year's cotton harvest was great but the corn harvest was disastrous.
  3. The product or result of any exertion or course of action; reward or consequences. broadly,countable,uncountable
    — The surveillance mission yielded a healthy harvest of intel.
  4. The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain. countable,uncountable
  5. The third season of the year; autumn; fall. UK,countable,dialectal,uncountable
    — Harvest is usually very damp and rainy.
  6. A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To bring in a harvest; reap; glean. transitive
    — We harvested the apples in September already.
  2. To take a living organism as part of a managed process to gather food or resources, often with the intention of maintaining a healthy population. transitive
    — An efficient rifle or shotgun can harvest a deer for venison.
  3. To take (an organ) from an organ donor. transitive
  4. To be occupied bringing in a harvest. intransitive
    — We're going to harvest day and night, because the weather is about to turn sour.
  5. To win, achieve a gain. transitive
    — The rising star harvested well-deserved acclaim, even an Oscar under 21.

词形变化

harvests plural harvist alternative hervest alternative harst alternative hairst alternative harvests present,singular,third-person harvesting participle,present harvested participle,past harvested past harvist alternative hervest alternative harst alternative hairst alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English harvest, hervest, from Old English hærfest (“autumn, harvest-time; August”), from Proto-West Germanic *harbist, from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz (“harvest-time, autumn, fall”), from *harbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-.
Cognates
Cognate with Sylt North Frisian Hārefst, West Frisian hjerst, Dutch herfst, German Herbst, dated German Low German Harvst, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høst, Norwegian Nynorsk haust; further with Latin carpere (“to seize”), Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”), κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”).
词源 2
From Middle English harvest, hervest, from Old English hærfest (“autumn, harvest-time; August”), from Proto-West Germanic *harbist, from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz (“harvest-time, autumn, fall”), from *harbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-.
Cognates
Cognate with Sylt North Frisian Hārefst, West Frisian hjerst, Dutch herfst, German Herbst, dated German Low German Harvst, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høst, Norwegian Nynorsk haust; further with Latin carpere (“to seize”), Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”), κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”).
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