A harvester is someone who gathers crops when they are ready — the people who go into the fields to cut and collect rice, wheat, fruit, and so on. For a long time this was hard work done by hand, so the word can still mean that farm worker.

A harvesterharvester is是 someone who gathers crops when they are ready在作物成熟時採收的人——the people who go into the fields to cut and collect rice, wheat, fruit, and so on也就是下田去割、去收稻米、小麥、水果等等的人。For a long time這工作很久以來 this was hard work done by hand都是靠人力完成的辛苦活, so所以 the word can still mean that farm worker這個字仍然可以指那樣的農工。

Though actually, in modern English it is just as often the machine that does the same job: a big farm machine that cuts the crop and collects it. A combine harvester is the large one that cuts the grain, knocks the seeds out, and cleans them in one go.

Though actually不過其實, in modern English在現代英文裡 it is just as often it一樣常常指 the machine that does the same job做同樣工作的機器: a big farm machine that cuts the crop and collects it一台會割下作物並收集起來的大型農機。A combine harvestercombine harvester是 the large one that cuts the grain, knocks the seeds out, and cleans them in one go那種能一次把穀物割下、把種子打出來、並清理乾淨的大型機器。

The word is ordinary farming and news English, not slang and not rude.

The word這個字 is是 ordinary farming and news English農業和新聞英文裡的普通詞, not不是 slang俚語 and也不是 not rude粗俗的字。

People sometimes stretch it: a computer program that gathers lots of information may be called a data harvester, using the farm picture as a picture only. The core idea stays the same: the one who gathers the crop.

People sometimes stretch it人們有時候會把這個字延伸使用: a computer program that gathers lots of information一個蒐集大量資訊的電腦程式 may be called可能被稱為 a data harvesterdata harvester, using the farm picture as a picture only只是借用農業的畫面來比喻。The core idea stays the same核心意思不變: the one who gathers the crop就是那個採收作物的人。