maize的意思

基本释义

• n 玉米

  a tall plant with large yellow seeds that grow together on a cob (= long hard part ) , and that are cooked and eaten as a vegetable

例句

1. We can grow sorghum or maize on this plot.

   这块地可以种高粱或玉米。

2. The maize and millet were just putting forth ears.

   玉米粟子刚刚吐穗。

3. The researchers say it should be possible to transfer this process to rice by inserting genes from maize or from wild relatives of rice that also use it.

   科学家说，通过把来自玉米或者具有此功能的水稻野生亲属的基因插入水稻中，就有可能让水稻也具有这一功能。

短语

• maize starch 玉米淀粉；玉蜀黍淀粉
• maize straw 玉米秸秆；玉米秆
• maize yellow 玉米黄
• maize meal 玉米粉，玉米面

近义词

英英释义

maize noun 1. a strong yellow color Synonym: gambogelemonlemon yellow 2. tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times Synonym: cornIndian cornZea mays