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

• Wheat, rice, barley, oats and maize are cereals.
  小麦、水稻、大麦、燕麦和玉米是谷类植物。
• 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。
• We can grow sorghum or maize on this plot.
  这块地可以种高粱或玉米。
• The trees are planted among maize, millet or sorghum crops.
  树木种植在玉米、小米和高粱作物之间。
• A new method for rapidly extracting genome DNA from maize embryo was proposed.
  提出了一种从玉米种子胚中快速提取基因组DNA的新方法。
• The maize and millet were just putting forth ears.
  玉米粟子刚刚吐穗。
• 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。
• She paused as she pounded the maize grains.
  她捣玉米粒时停了一下。
• The relationship of soil temperature, soil humidity, sowing time and occurrence of maize head smut were studied.
  主要研究土壤温度、湿度及播种期与玉米丝黑穗病发生的关系。
• It has increased to such an extent that Ghana can now export maize.
  玉米产量增长得如此迅速，现在加纳已经可以出口玉米了。