| 释义 |
graine|greɪn|
Also grain.
[Fr.]
The eggs († or an egg) of the silkworm; cf. seed n. 6 a.
1835Ure Philos. Manuf. ii. vi. 230 The eggs or grains of the silk-worm are covered with a liquid, which glues them to the piece of cloth or paper on which the female is made to lay them. 1887Encycl. Brit. XXII. 58/2 The eggs of the silkworm, called graine, are hatched out by artificial heat. Ibid. 59/2 The sources of healthy graine became fewer and fewer. 1887Colonial & Indian Exhib., Rep. Col. Sect. 337. 1930 R. Cuthill tr. Schober's Silk & Silk Industry i. 14 Silkworm eggs (graine) are bluish violet granules. Ibid. 31 Persia itself does not produce good graine. 1941C. J. Huber in Matthews' Textile Fibers (ed. 5) xvii. 680 The production of industrial eggs by cocoon raisers consisted of..43 per cent grain method where the eggs are distributed in 10-, 20-, and 30-grain unit receptacles. |