cropper是什么意思？

cropper

英[ˈkrɒpə(r)] 美[ˈkrɑpə(r)]

• n. 种植者，农作物，修剪机，割草机；

例句

• Loyd came a cropper on his bicycle and broke his leg. 劳埃德骑自行车时猛摔一咬,断了腿骨.
• " But what's that got to do with us coming a cropper on the Exchange? " “ 可是这和我们做公债亏本什么相干 呢?
• He got a cropper yesterday while out riding. 他昨天出外骑马时跌了一跤.
• It may subsequently become a weak grower and a distinctly biennial cropper. 随后会引起树势衰弱,明显两年结一次果.
• ...internet businesses that came a cropper. 突然遭受重创的因特网企业

词组

• come a cropper
  (informal)fall heavily (非正式)猛摔一跤

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• PHRASE
  意外失败;惨败
  If you say that someone has come a cropper, you mean that they have had an unexpected and embarrassing failure.
  例句
  ...internet businesses that came a cropper. 突然遭受重创的因特网企业

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. small farmers and tenants