"cropper" in Chinese (Simplified)
失败者收割机(很少用,指农村机器)
Definition
“cropper” 最初指收割庄稼的人或机器。在英式英语的非正式用法中,还可以指突然失败或遭遇不测的人。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
日常英语中很少单独用这个词,主要出现在习语“come a cropper”(严重失败/摔倒)中,很英式且非正式。单独表示人或机器收割也很少用,不等于“收获”或“收割”本身。
Examples
The cropper collected wheat from the field.
**收割机**从田里收割了小麦。
The accident turned him into a real cropper.
那次事故让他成了个真正的**失败者**。
A new cropper arrived at the farm yesterday.
昨天有一台新的**收割机**到农场来了。
He really came a cropper during the project presentation.
他在项目汇报时真的**丢大脸了**。
Don’t worry about making a cropper of yourself—everyone gets nervous sometimes.
别担心让自己变成**失败者**,每个人有时都会紧张。
She took a real cropper on her bike but got up laughing.
她骑自行车时**摔了一跤**,但自己笑着爬了起来。