maize

英 [meɪz]

美 [meɪz]

n.  玉蜀黍; 玉米

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Collins.1 / BNC.12455 / COCA.13829

牛津词典

noun

• 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
• 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

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 玉米;玉蜀黍
  Maizeis a tall plant which produces long objects covered with yellow seeds called sweetcorn. It is often grown as a food crop.
  1. ...vast fields of maize.
     广袤的玉米地

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 corn

英英释义

noun

• a strong yellow color
  Synonym:gambogelemonlemon yellow
• tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties
  Synonym:cornIndian cornZea mays

双语例句

• This paper studies the growth of Coprinus comatus in maize straw and rotten leaf soil.
  本试验以玉米秸杆为主料混合腐叶土对鸡腿菇的生长发育进行研究。
• The physical and chemical properties of black maize pigment were studied.
  研究了黑玉米色素的理化性质。
• International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre
  国际玉米和小麦改良中心
• The best-known grains are wheat, barley, oats, rye and maize.
  最为人们所熟知的粮食是小麦、大麦、燕麦、黑麦和玉米。
• But some plants, including maize and sorghum, have evolved to use a type called C4.
  但是一些植物，包括玉米和高粱，进化成了使用C4型的光合作用。
• She paused as she pounded the maize grains.
  她捣玉米粒时停了一下。
• Silk vigor is an important trait that effects hybrid seed production and hybrid production in maize.
  花丝活力长短在一定程度上影响着玉米制种产量和杂交种产量，对玉米生产具有重要意义。
• Maize evolved from a wild grass in Mexico.
  玉米是从墨西哥的一种野生禾本植物进化而来的。
• Like it people are corn, my mother and I are made from maize.
  喜欢它的人是玉米，我和妈妈都是玉米。
• Meanwhile, aggregate production of maize, rice and soyabeans stagnated in 2006 and 2007.
  与此同时，在2006年和2007年，玉米、大米和大豆的总产量停滞不前。