grain

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基本釋義

n.
谷粒; 谷物; 細(xì)粒; 一點(diǎn); 格令; 紋理; 質(zhì)地

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

It really goes against the grain to have to work on a Sunday.

星期天還得上班的確不合常情。

牛津詞典

wood of coarse/fine grain

質(zhì)地粗 / 細(xì)的木頭

牛津詞典

to cut a piece of wood along/across the grain

順著紋路劈木頭;橫對紋路把木頭攔腰截?cái)?/p>

牛津詞典

There isn't a grain of truth in those rumours.

那些謠傳一點(diǎn)也不可靠。

牛津詞典

a grain of salt/sand/sugar

一粒鹽 / 沙 / 砂糖

牛津詞典

a few grains of rice

幾粒大米

牛津詞典

America's grain exports

美國的谷物出口

牛津詞典

Privatisation goes against the grain of their principle of opposition to private ownership of industry.

私有化有悖于他們反對工業(yè)私有的原則。

Brush the paint generously over the wood in the direction of the grain.

順著木材的紋理刷上厚厚的一層漆。

There's more than a grain of truth in that.

其中含有很深刻的道理。

...a grain of sand.

一粒沙子

...a grain of wheat.

一粒小麥

...rice grains.

米粒

...a bag of grain.

一袋谷物

...the best grains.

優(yōu)質(zhì)谷物

The middle ranks include Senior Colonel, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, and Major.

校級軍銜包括大校 、 上校 、 中校 、 少校.

期刊摘選

There is not a grain of common sense in what he has said.

他說的話中一點(diǎn)常識都沒有.

《簡明英漢詞典》

That is a drop of grain sacks from an aircraft to the hungry people on the island.

那是從飛機(jī)上空投給島上饑民的一袋袋糧食.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The chickens will peck up all the grain that you throw on the ground.

小雞會把你扔在地上的谷子全鹐起來吃掉.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

They are dependent upon importation from foreign countries for cotton and grain.

他們的糧、棉依賴從國外進(jìn)口.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The United States tried to dispose of its grain surpluses.

美國努力把過剩糧食處理掉.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Every family in our village has grain to spare.

我們村沒一家沒余糧.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Farmers thresh grain with threshing machines.

農(nóng)民用脫粒機(jī)脫粒.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The grain store processed flour wrappers for Chinese dumplings.

這家糧店把面粉加工成面皮供包餃子用.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The grain store holds several thousand tonnes.

這個(gè)糧倉可以存放幾千噸糧食.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Average grain output per mu has reached 1300 jin.

平均畝產(chǎn)量達(dá)到了1300斤.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

It goes against the grain for him to be rude to a friend.

他對朋友粗魯不是出于本意.

《簡明英漢詞典》

In spite of the unfavorable weather, the grain output of the farm kept up and even increased a little than last year.

盡管天氣不好, 但糧食產(chǎn)量并未下降,甚至比去年還略有增加.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The peasants store up the grain against famine.

農(nóng)民們貯糧備荒.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

真題例句

What about supply? The three environmental trends—the shortage of fresh water, the loss of topsoil and the rising temperatures—are making it increasingly hard to expand the world's grain supply fast enough to keep up with demand.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Unable to buy grain or grow their own, hungry people take to the streets.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

To lower domestic food prices, some countries limited or stopped their grain exports.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

The surge in world grain prices in 2007 and 2008—and the threat they pose to food security—has a different, more troubling quality than the increases of the past.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

The result is falling water tables in countries with half the world's people, including the three big grain producers—China, India and the U.S.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

The more recent steep climb in grain prices partly results from the fact that more and more people want to consume meat products.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

On the demand side, those trends include the ongoing addition of more than 70 million people a year, a growing number of people wanting to move up the food chain to consume -72- highly grain-intensive meat products, and the massive diversion of U.S. grain to the production of bio-fuel.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Indeed, even before the steep climb in grain prices in 2008, the number of failing states was expanding.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Increasing water shortages prove to be the biggest obstacle to boosting the world's grain production.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

In response to those restrictions, grain-importing countries are trying to nail down long-term trade agreements that would lock up future grain supplies.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

In contrast, the recent surge in world grain prices is trend-driven, making it unlikely to reverse without a reversal in the trends themselves.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

During the second half of the 20th century, grain prices rose dramatically several times.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

As incomes rise among low-income consumers, the potential for further grain consumption is huge.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

A quarter of this year's American grain harvest will be used to produce bio-fuel for cars.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

A fourth of this year's U.S. grain harvest will go to fuel cars.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

a decrease of grain production? ?? ?? ?? ?

出自-2011年6月閱讀原文

Nadeau notices the pre-made macaron-and-cheese boxes in Scott's shopping cart and suggests she switch to whole grain macaroni and real cheese.

2018年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

On the demand side, those trends include the ongoing addition of more than 70 million people a year, a growing number of people wanting to move up the food chain to consume highly grain-intensive meat products, and the massive diversion of U.S. grain to t

2016年6月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

The three environmental trends—the shortage of fresh water, the loss of topsoil and the rising temperatures—are making it increasingly hard to expand the world's grain supply fast enough to keep up with demand.

2016年6月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

Most Americans don’t eat enough fruits, vegetables or whole grains.

出自-2017年6月聽力原文

In most cases, the human waste is used on grain crops, which are eventually cooked, minimizing the risk of transmitting water-borne diseases.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Another factor is the squeeze that conventional dairy farmers have felt as the price of grain they feed their cows has gone up, tightening their profit margins.

2019年12月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

By replacing expensive grain feed with regenerative management practices, grass-fed farmers are insulated from jumps in the price of feed.

2019年12月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

The rest is feed-lot confined and fed grain and corn.

2019年12月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

People believed there was an ever-lasting supply and killed them by the thousands, commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain.

2014年高考英語全國卷1 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. a small hard particle;

    "a grain of sand"

  • 2. foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

  • 3. used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat

  • 4. 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams

  • 5. 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams

  • 6. dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn

  • 7. the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric;

    "saw the board across the grain"

Verb
  • 1. thoroughly work in;

    "His hands were grained with dirt"

  • 2. paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

  • 3. form into grains

  • 4. become granular

同義詞辨析

corn, crop, grain

這些名詞都有"谷物"之意。

  • corn: 主要指大麥、小麥、燕麥、裸麥、玉蜀黍這5種谷物及其粒子。
  • crop: 指谷物或果類等一年或一季的收成,也可指地里的農(nóng)業(yè)作物或谷物。
  • grain: 指稻、麥等谷類及其粒子。

molecule, atom, particle, speck, grain

這些名詞均有"粒,微粒"之意。

  • molecule: 指物質(zhì)中保持原物質(zhì)的一切化學(xué)性質(zhì),能獨(dú)立存在的最小微粒,即分子。
  • atom: 指元素的最小粒子,其體積比molecule小。
  • particle: 指任何物質(zhì)的微粒,引申指任何小的部分。
  • speck: 一般指"微點(diǎn)"或"微粒",可引申指"斑點(diǎn)、污點(diǎn)"。
  • grain: 通常指能為肉眼清楚看到的顆粒,比上述幾個(gè)詞所表"粒"的體積大。

同義詞

n.種子

seed

最新英語單詞

行業(yè)英語