| 单词 | corn |
| 释义 | corn1 /kxn; korn/ n 1 [U] (collective) (seed of) any of various grain plants, chiefly wheat, oats, rye and (esp US) maize; such plants while growing: (集合用法) 谷类; 五壳 (主指小麦、大麦、燕麦、裸麦，在美国尤指玉蜀黍); 谷禾： a field of ~; 一片谷类作物; a ' ~-field; 谷田; 0 sheaf of ~. 一捆谷禾。 → the illus at cereal. 参看 cereal 之插图。 '~-cob, thick, cylindrical part of an ear of maize, on which the grains grow. 玉蜀黍穗轴。 ~ o/i the cob, maize cooked and eaten in this form. 带轴烹奏并食用的玉蜀黍。 '~crake /-kreik; -zkrek/, common Euro- pean bird, the male of which has a loud, harsh cry. 秧鸡 (欧洲常见之鸟，雄者鸣声粗宏) 。 ~exchange, place where dealers in ~ do business. 粮食市场 (粮食贩做生意的地方) 。 ~flakes npl cereal of toasted maize flakes. 烘过的玉蜀黍片 (用作食物) 。 '~-flour (US 美 '~-starch), flour made from maize, rice or other grains. 玉蜀黍、米或其他谷物所磨成的粉。 '~-flower, name of various flowers growing wild in' ~-fields, esp a blue-flowered kind (also grown in gardens). 矣车菊 (野生于谷田中，尤指开蓝花者，亦种于花园中) 。'C ~ Laws, (esp) laws in GB, repealed in 1846, regulating trade in ~. (尤指英国于 1846 年所废除的) 谷类贸易法令。 '~ pone /-paun; -pon/, (US) baked or fried maize bread. (美) 烤或煎的玉蜀黍粉制成的面包。 '~-starch, (US) ~ flour. (美) 玉蜀黍、米或其他谷物所磨成的粉。 2 [C] single grain (of wheat, pepper, etc). 谷粒; 辣椒子。 |
| 随便看 |
英汉词典共收录311570条英汉翻译词条，基本覆盖所有常用英文单词的例句及中文翻译，是不可多得的英语学习材料。