máy gặt
Definition
- Noun:
- Combine harvester: A large agricultural machine that performs the three main operations of harvesting grain crops: reaping (cutting the crop), threshing (separating the grain from the stalk), and winnowing (cleaning the grain). This is the most common and complete meaning.
- Reaper: A machine designed primarily to cut and gather standing crops, such as wheat or rice. It may not perform threshing.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Máy gặt hiện đại có thể thu hoạch cả cánh đồng trong một ngày. (A modern combine harvester can harvest an entire field in one day.)
- Trước khi có máy gặt, nông dân phải gặt lúa bằng tay. (Before the reaper existed, farmers had to harvest rice by hand.)
- Tiếng máy gặt đang nổ ngoài đồng. (The sound of the combine harvester is rumbling in the field.)
Advanced Usage
- "máy gặt đập liên hợp": This is the full technical term for a combine harvester, emphasizing its combined functions of reaping and threshing.
- Nông trại mới đầu tư vào một dàn máy gặt đập liên hợp mới. (The farm just invested in a new fleet of combine harvesters.)
Variants and Related Words
- Máy gặt bó (n): Reaper-binder. A machine that cuts grain and binds it into sheaves.
- Máy gặt nhỏ / Máy gặt cầm tay (n): Small reaper or portable harvester, often used for smaller plots or specific crops.
Synonyms
- Combine: Short for combine harvester.
- Harvester: A general term for a harvesting machine.
- Reaper: A machine for cutting crops.
Related Terms
- Máy tuốt lúa / Máy đập lúa (n): Thresher. A machine that only performs the threshing operation.
- Máy cày (n): Tractor or plow. A machine for preparing the field before planting.
- Thu hoạch (v): To harvest. The general action performed by the machine.