Word · Frequency #3226
grain
谷粒；籽粒
核心释义
A small hard seed of a food crop such as wheat, rice, or corn.
- 1.
各类草类粮食作物收获的种子,如小麦、玉米、大麦
The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
- 2.
树的枝条；植物的茎秆；分枝。
A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant; an offshoot.
- 3.
物质的细小颗粒
a relatively small granular particle of a substance
- 4.
任何粮食作物的类似种子,如荞麦、苋菜、藜麦
Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.
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尖齿、叉齿或叉子。
A tine, prong, or fork.
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谷类淀粉粒制成的食物
foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
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草类粮食作物的一粒种子
A single seed of grass food crops.
- 8.
模具中用于固定型芯的薄金属片。
A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core.
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皮革上去毛的一面
the side of leather from which the hair has been removed
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收获谷物的作物本身
The crops from which grain is harvested.
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材料或表面的线性纹理
A linear texture of a material or surface.
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物质的单个颗粒
A single particle of a substance.
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各种小的质量单位,最初基于谷粒重量,不同地方有不同标准
Any of various small units of mass originally notionally based on grain's weight, variously standardized at different places and times, including
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材料中具有单一晶体结构或取向的区域
A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.
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固体火箭发动机中单个固体燃料块
The solid piece of fuel in an individual solid-fuel rocket engine.
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从胭脂虫中提取的红色染料,也指红色调
A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.
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皮革的毛面或其上的标记
The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.
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谷物等经酿造或蒸馏后的残渣；引申为任何残留物。
The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum.
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萼片背面的圆形突起,如普通酸模属植物。
A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock.
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性情；天性；倾向。
Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
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加工后的摄影胶片上由于微小金属银颗粒或染料云的存在而产生的视觉纹理,这些颗粒或染料云由接受足够光子的卤化银显影而成。
Visual texture in processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received enough photons.
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数字音频录音的微小片段,用于颗粒合成以产生新的声音或纹理。
A tiny fragment of a digital audio recording, used in granular synthesis to create new sounds or textures.
颗粒；细粒；谷物；粮食；谷类作物；粮食作物；纹理；木纹；皮革粒面
用法In use
I picked up a grain of rice from the table.
用法提示：grain作为可数名词，表示单个谷粒。
The recipe calls for two grains of salt.
用法提示：grain用作可数名词，表示微粒。
He examined the grains of sand under a microscope.
用法提示：复数形式grains表示多个颗粒。
a grain of sand
a grain of sugar
a grain of + [material]
用于表示极小颗粒，常与物质名词连用。
There is a grain of sand in my shoe.
我鞋子里有一粒沙子。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- grain of salt
- 一粒盐；持怀疑态度
- You should take his advice with a grain of salt.你应该对他的建议持保留态度。
- grain of truth
- 一丝真理
- There is a grain of truth in what she said.她的话里有一丝真理。
- grain of sand
- 一粒沙
- Each grain of sand is unique under a microscope.在显微镜下每粒沙都是独特的。
- against the grain
- 逆纹理；违反本性
- It goes against the grain for him to ask for help.对他而言，求助是违反本性的。
- grain yield
- 谷物产量
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：一粒谷粒(grain)就是一个小颗粒。
语境与语域Context & Register
Register: neutral. Typical settings: agriculture, cooking, daily life. Note: 通常用于指谷类作物或颗粒状食物，如大米、小麦等。
语法说明Grammar Note
Use countable for a single seed or particle; uncountable for the substance or texture.
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the spelling pattern '-ain' and rhyme with /eɪn/. The stressed vowel sound is the same as in 'grain'. Words like 'grain' itself and these examples all have the same pronunciation for the 'ain' ending.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
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