crop duster
noun [ C ] uk/ˈkrɒp ˌdʌs.tər/ us/ˈkrɑːp ˌdʌs.tɚ/
喷洒杀虫剂的小型飞机，撒药飞机
a small aircraft used for covering crops with chemicals in order to kill harmful insects and diseases
He saw a crop duster fly low over his daddy's farm. 他看见一架农用喷药飞机低空飞过他爸爸的农场。
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- General aviation aircraft range from single-seat crop dusters to Boeing business jets that are as big as 737s.
- Crop dusters dip and dive and fly just above the ground, leaving signatures in chemicals over fields and orchards.
- Although crop dusters are occasionally scorned by environmentalists, they also fertilize and plant crops from the air, in addition to spraying pesticides.
- The town has taken the unusual step of hiring a crop duster to spray lagoons and waste-water treatment plants against mosquitoes.