corn
常考释义
1.[u](小麦等)谷物;谷粒any plant that is grown for its grain, such as wheat ; the grain of these plants
a field of corn一片庄稼
ears/sheaves of corn谷穗;一捆捆的谷物
corn-fed chicken用谷物饲养的鸡
2.[u]玉蜀黍;玉米a tall plant grown for its large yellow grains that are used for making flour or eaten as a vegetable; the grains of this plant
3.[u]玉米the yellow seeds of a type of corn ( maize ) plant, also called corn , which grow on thick stems and are cooked and eaten as a vegetable
4.[c](尤指脚趾上的)钉胼,鸡眼a small area of hard skin on the foot, especially the toe, that is sometimes painful
Very few girls nowadays seem to be able to make a bowl of corn flour nicely.
在现在很难有女孩将玉米面做的如此完美。
The clever ones threw a few limes and ears of corn into a shoulder bag and walked along pretending to be shoppers themselves.
几个机灵些的女人,扔几个酸橙和些苞谷在挎包里,边走边佯装着是买她们东西的顾客。
The recent surge in sugar prices comes after a bad harvest, that of corn after official warnings of a lower-than-expected crop.
官方警告玉米的收成比预期要低之后,近期糖价又开始上涨。
a little beggar-girl, begged for a small piece of barley-corn, for she had been without a morsel to eat for two days.
她请求施舍一颗大麦粒给她,她已经两天没有吃过一丁点儿东西。
Olathe decided to celebrate the fact that it was thriving, and what better way than to have a sweet corn festival?
奥拉西决定要庆贺它再次兴盛起来的事实,还有什么会比举行甜玉米节更适合呢?
"My wife was reaching for a can of corn on the top shelf and dropped it" said the young man.
“我妻子在伸手够架子上层的玉米罐头时,罐头掉了下来”年轻男子说道。
Ant and grasshopper On a cold, frosty day an ant was dragging out some of the corn which he had laid up in the summertime, to dry it .
蚂蚁和蚱蜢在寒冷,结霜的气象,一只蚂蚁拖曳出一些夏天储存起来的玉米,想晾干。
But Tyner said the cobs and husks of corn used to make ethanol would go on to be used for animal feed.
但是,Tyner认为,除了生产乙醇的玉米粒之外,玉米芯和玉米皮还可以用作动物饲料。
As regards Assyrians, because of it rich corn fields, Arbel was one of the very earliest permanent agricultural settlements.
作为亚述人,由于他们的富足的玉米田,阿贝俄成为当时最大的长久农业生产地之一。
All that land would have to be ploughed up and planted over again, planted in corn.
所有的土地都必须拨了一遍又一遍种植,在玉米种植。
What I didn't know when I decided to give up soda was that a week later I would also have to give up dairy, gluten, and corn.
只是在决定不喝碳酸水时,我不知道一周后我还要停止喝牛奶,吃麸质和玉米。
On a cold, frosty day an ant was dragging out some of the corn which he had laid up in the summertime, to dry it . A.
一个寒冷的,结了冰霜的日子,一只蚂蚁拖出了一些麦子,是他在夏天的时候积存起来的,想把它们弄弄干。
It turns out, though, that it's not so easy to do the chemistry that transforms a corn stalk into a liquid fuel that works.
尽管,事实证明将玉米秸秆化学转变为可使用的液态燃料并非易事。
And then he said, "Thank you for yelling at the kids for stepping on the corn so I could focus on just having fun on the farm with them. "
然后他说,“谢谢你阻止那些孩子走在玉米上,这样我可以专心在农场和他们玩耍。”
Near the top he stops at a collection of 10 rickety poles stuck into the soil, with corn sacks sagging between them.
快到山顶时他停下了,面前是10根弯曲的插入土里的柱子,玉米袋挂在它们之间。
His arthritis sometimes keeps him from sleeping, but he said the corn was not heavy.
虽然爷爷的关节炎很重,常常让他无法入睡;
Trouble is, no one in the U. S. has been able to produce cellulosic ethanol in mass quantities at a cost that can compete with corn ethanol.
问题是,在美国没有人能够以可与玉米乙醇竞争的成本大量生产出纤维素乙醇。
Though we have seen wheat prices fall over the last few days, rice and corn prices are likely to remain high, and wheat relatively so.
虽然我们看到小麦价格过去几天出现下降,但大米和玉米价格很有可能继续居高不下,小麦价格也会保持相对高位。
We realized we could not eat our way out of a surplus of corn and soybeans, " he said. "
“我们意识到我们不能吃我们的出路盈余玉米和大豆,”他说。
I reproached myself with my easiness, that I would not sow any more corn one year than would just serve me till the next season.
我痛责自己偷懒,不肯多种一些粮食,只图能够接得上下一季就算了。
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