| 单词 | corn |
| 释义 | corn (once / 143 pages) 1nv 2n 3n 4v Corn is a plant that grows long ears of kernels on tall, grass-like stalks. Many large farms grow fields of corn each year, for human or animals to eat, or to make corn-based products. Corn is an important crop in North America, since many animals raised for meat eat corn, not to mention the corn that people consume. In addition, products like high fructose corn syrup and ethanol fuel are made from corn. Many people also love to eat corn on the cob slathered with butter in the summer time. In many parts of the world, it's called maize instead of corn, which is an Old English word meaning "grain." WORD FAMILYcorn: corned, corning, corns, corny+/corny: cornier, corniest, cornily USAGE EXAMPLESNelson predicts the low prices for corn, cattle and almost everything else produced in rural Nebraska will remain low for a while. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Smithfield buys about 150 million bushels of corn, soybeans, wheat and sorghum per year to feed its 16 million hogs, according to a Smithfield spokeswomen. Reuters(Dec 30, 2016) “It’s a New York institution,” she said, anticipating she’d order a “Woody Allen,” an overstuffed sandwich of half pastrami and half corned beef. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times Syn|Hypo|Hyper Indian corn, Zea mays, maize field corn corn grown primarily for animal feed or market grain Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata, green corn, sugar corn, sweet corn, sweet corn planta corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating Zea mays everta, popcorncorn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat Zea mays indentata, dent corncorn whose kernels contain both hard and soft starch and become indented at maturity Yankee corn, Zea mays indurata, flint corn, flint maizecorn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm Zea mays amylacea, flour corn, soft corn, squaw corncorn having kernels almost entirely of soft starch cereal, cereal grass grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet 2n ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food Syn|Hypo|Hyper edible corn green corn, sweet corn corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft hominyhulled corn with the bran and germ removed popcornsmall kernels of corn exploded by heat lye hominyhominy prepared by bleaching in lye pearl hominyhominy prepared by milling to pellets of medium size cereal, food grain, grain foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses 3n the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal Hyper kernel a single whole grain of a cereal 4n whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn Syn|Hypo|Hyper corn whiskey, corn whisky bootleg, corn liquor, moonshine whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash whiskey, whisky a liquor made from fermented mash of grain 5n (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland) Hyper cereal, cereal grass grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet 6v feed (cattle) with corn 2Hyper feed, give give food to n something sentimental or trite 3that movie was pure corn Hyper drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness falsely emotional in a maudlin way n a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes 4Syn|Hyper clavus callosity, callus an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) v preserve with salt corned beef Hyper keep, preserve prevent (food) from rotting |
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