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eat corn
corn 作为食物通常不可数。
We often eat corn on summer evenings.
我们常在夏天的傍晚吃玉米。
玉米
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
玉米
The tall cereal plant with large ears of yellow kernels, or its kernels or ears used as food; maize.
We often eat corn on summer evenings.
我们常在夏天的傍晚吃玉米。
美式英语中指玉米；英式英语中更常指小麦等谷物
A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
高大的一年生谷类草,穗上结籽粒；在美洲广泛栽培,自前哥伦布时期起是墨西哥和中南美洲的主要谷物
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
A small, hard particle.
We had corn on the cob for dinner last night.
我们昨晚晚餐吃了玉米棒子。
The farmer grows corn in the field behind the barn.
农民在谷仓后面的田地里种植玉米。
Popcorn is made from dried corn kernels.
爆米花是用干玉米粒制成的。
corn 作为食物通常不可数。
We often eat corn on summer evenings.
我们常在夏天的傍晚吃玉米。
用 a field of 表示一片玉米地，corn 仍不可数。
They drove past endless fields of corn.
他们开车经过了无数片玉米地。
玉米可有多种加工形式，如 canned、frozen、creamed。
I prefer frozen corn over canned corn.
比起罐装玉米，我更喜欢冷冻玉米。
Not this
I bought three corns at the market.
Use this
I bought three ears of corn at the market.
英语中 corn（玉米）通常是不可数名词，表示多个玉米时应用 ears of corn 或直接用 corn。
Not this
There is a corn on the floor.
Use this
There is a kernel of corn on the floor.
corn 作为不可数名词，表示单个玉米粒时需用 kernel of corn，不能说 a corn。
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玉米棒子
We grilled corn on the cob for the barbecue.
我们烧烤时烤了玉米棒子。
甜玉米
Sweet corn is a popular summer vegetable.
甜玉米是一种受欢迎的夏季蔬菜。
爆米花
We ate popcorn while watching the movie.
我们看电影时吃了爆米花。
玉米地
The cornfield stretched for miles.
玉米地绵延数英里。
玉米面包
She served cornbread with the chili.
她搭配辣椒炖肉端上了玉米面包。
玉米淀粉
Use cornstarch to thicken the sauce.
用玉米淀粉使酱汁变稠。
承认错误，认输
After losing the debate, he had to acknowledge the corn.
辩论失败后，他不得不承认错误。
丰饶，富足
With the harvest so plentiful, we have corn in Egypt.
由于大丰收，我们丰衣足食。
土气的；纯朴的
He's a corn-fed boy from the Midwest, unfamiliar with city life.
他是个来自中西部的纯朴男孩，对城市生活不熟悉。
孩子们拥有这片玉米地。
In the movie 'Children of the Corn', the terrifying tagline is 'The children own the corn.'
在电影《玉米田的孩子》中，令人毛骨悚然的宣传语是'孩子们拥有这片玉米地。'
嗯……玉米。
Homer Simpson's famous line 'Mmm... corn' shows his love for food.
霍默·辛普森的名言'嗯……玉米'体现了他对食物的热爱。
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玉米corn，想象玉米穗形似小角（corn）。
中性语境，多用于美式英语，指玉米；在日常对话和书面语中均常见。英式英语中可能泛指谷物，但这里取玉米义。
As an uncountable noun, corn refers to the grain or plant in general; as a countable noun (plural corns), it can refer to a single kernel or a small, hard growth on the skin (a different sense).
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