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a [container] of millet
millet 通常作不可数名词，表示“小米、粟”，需要用量词短语来表达数量。
He cooked a pot of millet for the family.
他给家人煮了一锅小米。
小米；粟；黍；稷
millets — plural of millet
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
小米；粟；黍；稷
a small-grained annual cereal or forage grass
He cooked a pot of millet for the family.
他给家人煮了一锅小米。
任何一组用作食物的禾本科植物或其谷粒。
Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.
各种小粒谷物和饲料草的统称,如黍、稷、谷子等
any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
黍,尤其指黍属(Panicum miliaceum)。
Common millet, in particular of species Panicum miliaceum.
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For breakfast, she cooked millet with a little honey and milk.
早餐时，她用小米加一点蜂蜜和牛奶煮粥。
Many farmers in this region grow millet because it can survive with little water.
这个地区的许多农民种植小米，因为它能在很少水的条件下存活。
He bought a bag of millet at the health food store to add to his salads.
他在健康食品店买了一袋小米，用来加到沙拉里。
millet 通常作不可数名词，表示“小米、粟”，需要用量词短语来表达数量。
He cooked a pot of millet for the family.
他给家人煮了一锅小米。
millet 可以直接放在名词前作定语，表示“小米做的”或“与小米相关的”。
Millet porridge is a common breakfast in northern China.
小米粥是中国北方常见的早餐。
millet 的复数形式 millets 用来指不同品种或种类的小米。
Different millets have different cooking times.
不同种类的小米烹饪时间也不同。
Not this
I usually eat small rice for breakfast.
Use this
I usually eat millet for breakfast.
汉语的“小米”不能直译成 small rice：small rice 在英语中指“细小的米”而不是这种谷物，应使用名词 millet。
Not this
The soup has some millets in it.
Use this
The soup has some millet in it.
millet 作“小米（谷物）”讲是不可数名词，不能加 s；millets 只表示不同品种。泛指汤里的小米必须用单数 millet。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
珍珠粟
Pearl millet is grown widely in dry regions.
珍珠粟广泛种植于干旱地区。
谷子；粟
They grow foxtail millet on their farm.
他们在农场种植谷子。
龙爪稷；穇子
Finger millet is used to make flatbreads.
龙爪稷常用来制作薄饼。
小米粥
She cooked millet porridge for the children.
她给孩子们煮了小米粥。
小米粉
You can make the bread with millet flour.
你可以用小米粉做这种面包。
小米粒
The bird ate the millet grains from the feeder.
鸟儿吃了喂食器里的小米粒。
你也要取小麦、大麦、豆子、扁豆、小米和粗麦，放在一个器皿里，为自己做成饼。
This verse from Ezekiel 4:9 in the King James Bible is the source of Ezekiel bread, a sprouted-grain bread made from these ingredients.
这句出自英王钦定版圣经《以西结书》4:9 的话是“以西结面包”的由来——用这些原料制作的一种发芽谷物面包。
Use millets naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想想“米”就是小粒的谷物，millet开头像“米粒”，记住它专指那些小颗粒的粮食。
语域：neutral 常见场景：agriculture、food、nutrition millet 是中性常用词，通常泛指小米、黍、稷等小粒谷物，多见于农业、烹饪和营养话题；它没有明显的正式或非正式色彩。
有复数形式 millets。
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