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Picture the end of a growing season: the crop is finally ready, and everyone goes into the fields to cut it and carry it in. That scene holds the time of year, the work of gathering, and what gets carried home — and the word stretches to cover all three.

可以想成一整季的最後一幕：作物終於熟了，大家下田把它割下來、搬回去。這個畫面裡本來就包了三件事——熟成的那段時節、割…更多收起可以想成一整季的最後一幕：作物終於熟了，大家下田把它割下來、搬回去。這個畫面裡本來就包了三件事——熟成的那段時節、割與搬的那些工作、還有搬回家的那些東西——所以 harvest 同一個字既能指時節、指動作，也能指收回來的成果。

原始詞典資料11 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

harvestnoun/ˈhɑɹ.vəst/

  • 1

    agriculturebusinesslifestyleThe process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.

    • The constant rain made the harvest a nightmare this year.
  • 2

    The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.

    • This year's cotton harvest was great but the corn harvest was disastrous.
    • Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.
  • 3

    The product or result of any exertion or course of action; reward or consequences.

    • The surveillance mission yielded a healthy harvest of intel.
    • The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.
  • 4

    The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.

  • 5

    dialectalThe third season of the year; autumn; fall.

    • Harvest is usually very damp and rainy.
    • Libra, or the Balance holdeth in the Navel, the Reins, and the lower parts of the Womb. The Scorpion keepeth the Bladder, Buttocks, and other privatives [sic] of Man or Woman. The Sagitary dwelleth in the Thighs and Buttocks; and theſe three are the ſigns of Harveſt.
  • 6

    lifestylepaganismreligionA modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.

harvestverb/ˈhɑɹ.vəst/

  • 1

    To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.

    • 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.

    • An efficient rifle or shotgun can harvest a deer for venison.
  • 3

    To take (an organ) from an organ donor.

  • 4

    To be occupied bringing in a harvest.

    • We're going to harvest day and night, because the weather is about to turn sour.
  • 5

    To win, achieve a gain.

    • The rising star harvested well-deserved acclaim, even an Oscar under 21.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。