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农作物

nóng zuò wù

3-character word Traditional 農作物

What 农作物 means

1. (farm) crops

The characters in 农作物

• 农nóng(bound form) agriculture
• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 物wù(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…

Example sentences

• 农作物需要雨水。
  Nóngzuòwù xūyào Yǔshuǐ.
  The crops need rain.
• 通过遗传修饰，我们可以改良农作物。
  Tōngguò yíchuán xiūshì, wǒmen kěyǐ gǎiliáng nóngzuòwù.
  Through genetic modification, we can improve crops.
• 美国人所吃的食物中约有三分之一来自蜜蜂授粉的农作物，包括苹果、甜瓜、蔓越莓、南瓜、栉瓜、绿花椰菜和杏仁等等。
  About one-third of the food eaten by Americans comes from crops pollinated by honey bees, including apples, melons, cranberries, pumpkins, squash, broccoli, and almonds, to name just a few.
• 中国采取的报复性关税措施降低了大豆等农作物的需求和整体价格，最终影响了农民的收入，迫使许多农民一时无法购买大型、昂贵的设备。
  Retaliatory tariffs by China have decreased demand and overall prices for crops like soybeans, ultimately affecting a farmer’s bottom line, forcing many to hold off purchasing large, expensive equipment.