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

• The investigation was done about incidence of gray leaf spot of maize in Heilongjiang province.
  对玉米灰斑病在黑龙江省的发生情况进行了调查。
• Carbohydrates are found in sugar and in cereals such as rice, maize and wheat.
  碳水化合物可以在糖及谷类诸如大米、玉米、小麦中找到。
• A new combined machine, which can implement wheat straw smashing and maize no-tillage precision seeding, was developed.
  介绍一种集小麦秸秆粉碎和玉米免耕精密播种功能为一体的新型联合作业机具。
• 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。
• 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。
• Studies have been undertaken on the processing and formulation of waxy maize beverage.
  对糯玉米饮料的生产工艺及调配方法进行了研究。
• The special structure and characteristics of high amylose maize starch are introduced in this paper.
  本实验以高直链玉米淀粉为主要原料，对其高温高压下的成膜性质进行了研究。
• 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。
• 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。
• Wheat, rice, barley, oats and maize are cereals.
  小麦、水稻、大麦、燕麦和玉米是谷类植物。