corn
柯林斯词典
1. N-UNCOUNT Corn is a tall plant which produces long vegetables covered with yellow seeds. It can also be used to refer to the yellow seeds. 玉米; 玉米粒
...rows of corn in an Iowa field. …愛荷華州辳田裡成排的玉米。
We're having corn-on-the-cob for lunch. 我們喫玉米棒子儅午飯。
2. N-UNCOUNT Corn is used to refer to crops such as wheat and barley. It can also be used to refer to the seeds from these plants. 穀物 (指小麥、燕麥等); (小麥、燕麥等的) 穀粒[英國英語]
3. N-COUNT a hardening or thickening of the skin around a central point in the foot, caused by pressure or friction 雞眼
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corn /kɔːn/
剑桥词典
- A surplus of corn has helped depress the grain market .
- Do you feed your chickens corn?
- The corn grew waist-high in the fields .
- The corn was stored in large sacks .
- The corn was cut and tied in sheaves .
corn noun (FOOD)
[ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ] UK(the seeds of) plants , such as wheat , maize, oats , and barley , that can be used to produce flour
（小麥、玉米、燕麥、大麥等）穀物，穀粒
a sheaf of corn 一綑穀物
grains of corn 穀粒
[ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ] mainly US (UK usually maize)
a tall plant grown in many parts of the world for its yellow seeds , which are eaten as food , made into flour , or fed to animals
玉米（植株）
corn-fed chickens 喂食玉米的雞
the corn-growing areas of the Midwest 中西部玉米産區
[ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ] mainly US (UK usually sweetcorn)
the seeds of a particular type of maize plant , eaten as a vegetable
玉米（粒）
例句
corn noun (AREA OF SKIN)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]a small , painful area of hard skin that forms on the foot , especially on the toes
（尤指腳上的）釘胼，雞眼
corn noun (EMOTION)
[ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ] mainly US slang old-fashionedsomething that is old-fashioned , boring , or done to create emotion
陳腐的東西；老一套；煽情的東西
His latest movie is just low-budget corn. 他最新一部電影不過是一個低成本小制作的老套故事。 返回 corn