maize

英 [meɪz]

美 [meɪz]

n.  玉蜀黍; 玉米

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Collins.1 / BNC.12455 / COCA.13829

牛津词典

noun

• 玉蜀黍；玉米
  a tall plant grown for its large yellow grains that are used for making flour or eaten as a vegetable; the grains of this plant
• 玉蜀黍；玉米
  a tall plant grown for its large yellow grains that are used for making flour or eaten as a vegetable; the grains of this plant

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 玉米;玉蜀黍
  Maizeis a tall plant which produces long objects covered with yellow seeds called sweetcorn. It is often grown as a food crop.
  1. ...vast fields of maize.
     广袤的玉米地

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 corn

英英释义

noun

• a strong yellow color
  Synonym:gambogelemonlemon yellow
• tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties
  Synonym:cornIndian cornZea mays

双语例句

• The trees are planted among maize, millet or sorghum crops.
  树木种植在玉米、小米和高粱作物之间。
• Meanwhile, aggregate production of maize, rice and soyabeans stagnated in 2006 and 2007.
  与此同时，在2006年和2007年，玉米、大米和大豆的总产量停滞不前。
• Like it people are corn, my mother and I are made from maize.
  喜欢它的人是玉米，我和妈妈都是玉米。
• Field trial was conducted to study the effects of fertilization on premature and yield of Maize.
  通过田间试验的方法，研究了施肥对玉米叶片老化及产量的影响。
• The physical and chemical properties of black maize pigment were studied.
  研究了黑玉米色素的理化性质。
• The best-known grains are wheat, barley, oats, rye and maize.
  最为人们所熟知的粮食是小麦、大麦、燕麦、黑麦和玉米。
• Yesterday the field opposite was sown with maize.
  昨天对面的田里播种了玉米。
• Maize evolved from a wild grass in Mexico.
  玉米是从墨西哥的一种野生禾本植物进化而来的。
• A new method for rapidly extracting genome DNA from maize embryo was proposed.
  提出了一种从玉米种子胚中快速提取基因组DNA的新方法。
• Effect of Reciprocal Crosses on Main Characters and Yield of Maize Hybrids
  玉米正反交对主要性状和产量影响的研究