cropper
/ˈkrɒpə(r)/noun
1
- usu. with adj. or noun modifier a plant which yields a crop of a specified kind or in a specified way（特定种类的或以特定方式出产的）作物：
the white-fleshed varieties are the heaviest croppers.
那些白色果肉的品种是最高产的作物。
2
- a machine or person that cuts or trims something, such as wool off a sheep or the pile of a carpet during manufacture修剪机, 裁剪机; 修剪工, 裁剪工。
3
- chiefly US a person who raises a crop, especially as a sharecropper〈主美〉庄稼人（尤指收益分成的佃农）。
短语
come a cropper
1
- informal fall heavily〈非正式〉猛摔一跤。
1.1
- suffer a defeat or disaster遭受失败; 遇到灾难：
the club's challenge for the championship has come a cropper.
该俱乐部在向冠军挑战的比赛中惨遭失败。