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
corns — plural of corn
谷物；谷粒；鸡眼；小颗粒；微粒；马蹄底炎症；粒雪；雪粒
The tall cereal plant with large ears of yellow kernels, or its kernels or ears used as food; maize.
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.
An inflammatory disease of a horse's hoof, at the caudal part of the sole.
干燥的玉米籽粒,用作动物饲料或磨成粉
the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
Skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle.
可加工供人食用的玉米穗
ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
We had corn on the cob for dinner last night.
我们昨晚晚餐吃了玉米棒子。
用法提示：玉米作为食物名词，指可食用的玉米穗。
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。
用法提示：玉米作为农作物名词，指种植的玉米植株。
Popcorn is made from dried corn kernels.
爆米花是用干玉米粒制成的。
用法提示：玉米作为原料名词，指加工用的玉米粒。
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。
正式或书面用语，可完全替换corn指作物或谷粒，但在日常口语中不如corn常用
grammar · medium
易错句子I bought three corns at the market.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子There is a corn on the floor.
正确表达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。
maize 是 corn 的正式或英国英语用词，corn 在美国英语中更常见。
grain 指任何谷物的颗粒，而 corn 特指玉米。
cob 专指玉米的穗轴，而 corn 指整个植株或籽粒。
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。
玉米生长的地方，常与corn一起提及农业场景
玉米的收割行为或季节，是corn的典型关联
玉米的单个粒子，与corn构成部分整体关系
储存玉米的设施，常用于农业语境
玉米加工制成的零食，与corn有紧密联系
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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