maize

/meiz/

柯林斯星级

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现代语料频率: 13829

托福雅思 GRE

中文翻译

n. 玉蜀黍, 黄色

a. 玉蜀黍色的, 黄色的

英文解释

n 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

n a strong yellow color

常见例句

A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made.

> Broscience in action: > "Bro, you gotta slam 40-60 grams of waxy maize plus 20 grams of BCAA within 7 seconds of finishing your last set of squat rack curls

A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a decoction of maize. n

A kind of bread made of the meal of maize (Indian corn), mixed with water or milk, etc., and baked.

Maize or Indian corn