Grammar Note
rice 作食物时为不可数名词；表示品种时可用复数 rices。
米；大米
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米；大米
The grains of the rice plant that are cooked and eaten as food.
I cooked some rice for dinner.
我晚饭煮了些米饭。
指食用的米粒，是rice最常用的意思。
禾本科植物稻的种子用作食物
Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
未碾磨或常经碾磨的食用谷物
grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
这种植物的特定品种
A specific variety of this plant.
一年生或多年生根茎沼泽禾草；种子用作食物；稻草用于造纸
annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
Would you like rice or noodles with your chicken?
你的鸡肉要配米饭还是面条？
The farmer grows rice in the flooded fields.
农民在水田里种水稻。
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rice 作食物时为不可数名词；表示品种时可用复数 rices。
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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