英语词汇“in silk”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Originally and chiefly U.S. The silk-like filiform styles of the female flower of unripe maize. in silk, at that stage when the silk is prominent.

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c1662 in New Eng. Q. (1937) X. 126 There groweth within the Huske upon the Corne a matter like small threads which appeare out of the top of the Eare like a tuft of haire or Silke.]

1770 G. Washington Diary 25 Aug. (1925) I. 395 Many Stalks were putting out entire new Shoots with young and tender Silk.

1774 P. V. Fithian Jrnl. 19 July in Jrnl. & Lett. (1900) 212 The Corn is beginning pretty generally to tassel, & I saw one hill in Silk, and in Blossom.

1784 J. F. D. Smyth Tour U.S.A. I. xxxviii. 295 These tassels are as soft as silk... This state of it is denominated the Corn being in silk.

a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) II. 403 Their favourite food is clover, and maize. Of the latter they devour the part, which is called the silk; the immediate means of fecundating the ear.

1847 D. Drake Pioneer Life Kentucky (1870) 52 By the month of August the corn is in silk.

1894 Cent. Mag. Apr. 850 The pistillate flower of the maize..was appropriately called the ‘silk’.

1914 J. Burtt-Davy Maize v. 233 In some cases, and in the same breed, the silks appear before the tassels.

1950 New Biol. 8 46 Pollen from each plant is then poured on to the silks of the same plant.

1980 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Jan. 101 Primitive corn and teosinte, with their tiny ears, have small pollen grains that cannot fertilize the kernels of large modern ears with their long silks.

单词	in silk
释义	> as lemmas in silk a. Originally and chiefly U.S. The silk-like filiform styles of the female flower of unripe maize. in silk, at that stage when the silk is prominent. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > maize > silky filaments silk1770 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [adjective] > of maize > of maize plants in silk1770 milo1882 c1662 in New Eng. Q. (1937) X. 126 There groweth within the Huske upon the Corne a matter like small threads which appeare out of the top of the Eare like a tuft of haire or Silke.] 1770 G. Washington Diary 25 Aug. (1925) I. 395 Many Stalks were putting out entire new Shoots with young and tender Silk. 1774 P. V. Fithian Jrnl. 19 July in Jrnl. & Lett. (1900) 212 The Corn is beginning pretty generally to tassel, & I saw one hill in Silk, and in Blossom. 1784 J. F. D. Smyth Tour U.S.A. I. xxxviii. 295 These tassels are as soft as silk... This state of it is denominated the Corn being in silk. a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) II. 403 Their favourite food is clover, and maize. Of the latter they devour the part, which is called the silk; the immediate means of fecundating the ear. 1847 D. Drake Pioneer Life Kentucky (1870) 52 By the month of August the corn is in silk. 1894 Cent. Mag. Apr. 850 The pistillate flower of the maize..was appropriately called the ‘silk’. 1914 J. Burtt-Davy Maize v. 233 In some cases, and in the same breed, the silks appear before the tassels. 1950 New Biol. 8 46 Pollen from each plant is then poured on to the silks of the same plant. 1980 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Jan. 101 Primitive corn and teosinte, with their tiny ears, have small pollen grains that cannot fertilize the kernels of large modern ears with their long silks. extracted from silkn.adj. < as lemmas
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