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a granary of sth
字面用法，表示储存谷物的建筑物。
The village built a granary of brick and stone.
这个村庄建造了一个砖石结构的谷仓。
粮仓；谷仓
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粮仓；谷仓
a building for storing grain or animal feed
The village built a granary of brick and stone.
这个村庄建造了一个砖石结构的谷仓。
A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.
存放脱粒谷物或动物饲料的仓库
a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
A fertile, grain-growing region.
The farmers stored all the harvested wheat in the granary.
农民们把所有收获的小麦都储存在谷仓里。
During the drought, the granary was nearly empty.
干旱期间，谷仓几乎空了。
They built a new granary to hold the surplus grain.
他们建造了一个新谷仓来存放多余的粮食。
字面用法，表示储存谷物的建筑物。
The village built a granary of brick and stone.
这个村庄建造了一个砖石结构的谷仓。
比喻用法，指某一地区是主要粮食供应地。
The Midwest is often called the granary of the United States.
中西部常被称为美国的粮仓。
Farmers store their wheat in a granary after harvest.
农民在收获后将小麦储存在谷仓中。
Not this
He stored the wheat in granary.
Use this
He stored the wheat in a granary.
可数名词单数前需要加冠词，'granary' 是单数可数名词，应使用 'a' 或 'the'。
Not this
I need to buy some granary.
Use this
I need to buy some grain.
'granary' 指粮仓（场所），而 'grain' 指谷物（物品）。中文学习者常混淆，此处应使用 'grain'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
（某地区）的粮仓；主要产粮区
The river valley is the granary of the country.
这条河谷是该国的粮仓。
把粮仓装满
A good harvest filled the granary to the roof.
丰收把粮仓装到了屋顶。
古代粮仓
The ruins contain ancient granaries and workshops.
遗址中有古代粮仓和作坊。
公共粮仓
In times of famine, the communal granary saved many lives.
饥荒时期，公共粮仓挽救了许多生命。
知识的宝库
The old library was a granary of knowledge for the whole town.
这座老图书馆是整个城镇的知识宝库。
国家的粮仓
The vast plains became the granary of the nation.
这片广阔的平原成了国家的粮仓。
创意的宝库
The research center is a granary of ideas for sustainable design.
这个研究中心是可持续设计创意的宝库。
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把grain（谷物）放进-ary（场所，像library），就是granary（粮仓）。
语域：formal 常见场景：农业与粮食储存、历史或书面叙述、地理与产粮区 granary 通常用于书面语或较正式语境，常见于农业、历史或地理类文本；日常口语中较少单用。
通常与介词‘of’连用，表示‘某物的来源或主要贮藏所’，如‘granary of ideas’（思想的宝库）
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.