reap

raccogliere, ottenere

Ricevere i risultati positivi o negativi di qualcosa che si è fatto.

In inglese semplice: To receive the good or bad results of something you have done.

• She reaped the rewards of her work.
• We are now reaping the benefits of regular exercise.
• He reaped the consequences of years of careless spending.

Come si usa: reap something from something (They reaped great benefits from the training.)

Sinonimi: gain, receive

Espressioni comuni: reap the benefits, reap the rewards, reap the consequences, reap a reward

mietere, raccogliere

Tagliare e raccogliere colture mature, soprattutto cereali.

In inglese semplice: To cut and collect a crop, especially grain, when it is ready.

• The farmers reap the wheat.
• They reaped the fields before the rain came.
• It was time to reap the season’s crop.

Sinonimi: harvest

Contrari: sow

Espressioni comuni: reap wheat, reap the harvest, reap a crop

rimuovere un processo terminato

Eliminare dalla lista dei processi del sistema operativo la voce di un processo figlio terminato.

In inglese semplice: To remove the record of a finished child process from an operating system’s process list.

• The parent must reap the child process.
• The system reaped all exited processes.
• This routine waits for children and reaps them when they finish.

Espressioni comuni: reap a process, reap child processes