a spikelet
Each spikelet contains several florets.
每个小穗包含几朵小花。
小穗
小穗；尤指禾草或莎草科花序中的次级小穗。
植物学术语，指禾本科或莎草科植物花序中的小穗。
小穗；尤指禾草或莎草科花序中的次级小穗。
A small, or secondary spike, especially one of many in the inflorescence of a grass or sedge.
Each tiny spikelet contains two or three small flowers.
每个微小的小穗含有两到三朵小花。
用法提示：spikelet 在此为可数名词单数，作句子主语，指禾本科植物花序中的一个小穗。
Under the microscope, the grass spikelet showed its delicate scales.
在显微镜下，这株草的小穗显露出它精致的鳞片。
用法提示：定冠词 the 后的 spikelet 指某一具体小穗。
The wind shook the spikelets on the tall stems.
风吹动了高茎上的小穗。
用法提示：复数 spikelets 表示多个小穗，是 spikelet 的规则复数形式。
Each spikelet contains several florets.
每个小穗包含几朵小花。
The spikelets are arranged along the rachis.
小穗沿着穗轴排列。
The spikelet of wheat is composed of two glumes.
小麦的小穗由两个颖片组成。
grammar · medium
易错句子The spikelet of this grass are small.
正确表达The spikelets of this grass are small.
中文学习者常忽略名词单复数。'spikelet'为可数名词，当主语指多个小穗时，应用复数形式'spikelets'，动词也随之变为'are'。
grammar · medium
易错句子The wheat head is made of many spikes.
正确表达The wheat head is made of many spikelets.
中文中'小穗'常被误称为'穗'，但英文'spike'指较大的穗状花序，而'spikelet'特指禾本科花序中的次级小穗，两者含义不同。
spike多指较长的尖刺或整个穗状花序，而spikelet特指禾本科小花序中的小穗
spicula指海绵等生物体中的针状骨骼，与植物小穗不同
spine常指动植物体上的硬刺或脊椎，而spikelet是植物花序结构
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