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词汇 grain
释义 grain
noun
uk /ɡreɪn/ us /ɡreɪn/

grainnoun (SEED)


C2[ C or U ]
a seed or seeds from a plant, especially a plant like a grass such as rice or wheat: (尤指像稻谷、小麦等像草一样的植物的)谷粒,颖果,谷(物)
grains of wheat/rice麦/米粒
Grain (= the crop from food plants like grasses) is one of the main exports of the American Midwest.谷物是美国中西部地区主要的出口商品。
See also
wholegrainmainly UK
 
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European countries are quite aggressive subsidizers of grain exports.欧洲国家对粮食出口的补贴相当积极。
A few chickens were scratching around in the yard for grain.
The grain is still milled locally.谷物仍在当地碾磨。
A tornado destroyed grain crops across much of the Midwest.
A surplus of corn has helped depress the grain market.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Farming - general words
agricultural extension
agroecology
agroforestry
biodynamic
cultivate
harvester
homestead
hungry gap
hydroponic
hydroponically
inorganically
landrace
reap
the Agrarian Revolution
thrash
tillage
U-pick
unharvested
unsown
untillable

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Fruits & seeds & their parts
Cereals

grainnoun (SMALL PIECE)


C2[ C ]
a very small piece of a hard substance: 细粒,颗粒
grains of sandThe grains of sand in her suitcase reminded her of happier days.
C2[ S ]
a very small amount of a particular quality: 一点儿;微量,少量
grain of truthThere wasn't a grain of truth in anything she said.她无论说什么都没有半句实话在里面。
Anyone with a grain of common sense would have known what to do.稍微有一点常识的人都会知道应该做什么。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Words meaning small pieces and amounts
by a noseidiom
clipping
crumb
dab of something
dash
dollop
hint
ort
paring
peewee
pinch
potsherd
skinny
spark
tad
thimbleful
tidbit
tiddler
titbit
trace

grainnoun (PHOTOGRAPH)


[ C or U ]
the pattern of extremely small spots of black and white or colour, that form a photographic or film image, or one of these small spots: (照片、底片的)显影颗粒
fine/coarse-grain film显影颗粒细(粗)的胶卷
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Photography
aerial photograph
airbrush
analogue
aperture
backlight
backlighting
expose
ghost image
ghosting
glossy
golden hour
grainy
halation
pap
photojournalism
photojournalist
photoshoot
pic
picture
Polaroid

grainnoun (WOOD/CLOTH)


 the grain[ S ]
the natural patterns of lines in the surface of wood or cloth: (木头和织物等的)纹理
along the grainWood usually splits along the grain.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Patterns and shapes
amorphous
arabesque
argyle
asymmetrically
asymmetry
fishhook
flecked
formless
formlessly
fretted
saltire
scalloped
scissor
semilunaris
shapeable
vee
wavery
wavily
weave
willow pattern

grainnoun (WEIGHT)


[ C ]old-fashioned
a unit of mass, equal to 0.0648 grams格令(质量单位,等于0.0648克)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Measurements of weight & mass
-pounder
atomic mass
BMI
body mass index
bulk density
carat
centigram
ct
G, g
gm
hundredweight
karat
kilogram
lb
microgram
oz
pound
st
talent
ton

Idiom


go against the grain

grain | American Dictionary


grain
noun
us/ɡreɪn/

grainnoun (SEED)


[ C/U ]
a seed from a plant, esp. a grass such as wheat, or the crop from such a plant:
[ C ]Wheat and rye are two common grains used in making bread.
[ U ]Grain is one of the main exports of the American Midwest.

grainnoun (SMALL PIECE/AMOUNT)


[ C ]
a very small piece of a hard substance, or a small amount of something:
grains of sand
There was a grain of truth in what she said.
You haven’t got a grain of sense.

grainnoun (PATTERN)


[ U ]
the natural pattern of lines in the surface of a material, such as wood or rock, or the direction in which the fibers that form these substances lie:
Polishing the wood brings out its grain.

grain | Business English


grain
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ɡreɪn/us
a crop such as wheat and corn that is grown for food:
Ultra-high prices of metals, grains and energy spurred production and stifled consumption.
grain prices/markets/production

Examples of grain


grain
Taxes on some products, such as grains, were levied on the output because the tax collectors could easily measure the harvested output.
A few people were busy collecting the grains and the coins.
The latter is composed of positive and negative dust grains of uniform sizes.
We consider a weakly ionized dusty plasma composed of electrons, singly charged ions, negatively charged dust grains and neutrals.
Another group of seven goats received only the mixture of molasses and oat grains as a placebo.
Figure 3 shows part of a barred olivine chondrule, where grains of olivine are set in a feldspathic groundmass.
Grinding also has an effect on the spectral properties of many mixtures because the weaker grains are damaged preferentially.
The greater precision with which the grains were controlled would make the transformations more subtle.
Like most granular synthesis programs its primary concern was the distribution of grains of sound in time.
Statistical functions control each of the grain's parameters within specified limits.
In this case, the dust grains can also be positively charged.
We assume that the micrometre-sized dust grains are negatively charged and stationary.
Such mixtures of electrons, ions, and charged grains distinguish themselves from ordinary plasmas in various ways.
We now examine the effect of heavier dust grains.
The inertia forces of the ions are assumed to be small in comparison with that of the dust grains and neutrals.
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Collocations withgrain


grain

These are words often used in combination with grain.

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bushel of grain
Is not this the all-important point, that we want every bushelofgrain and every ounce of food we can get?
From the
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coarse grain
Using this principle, devices for classes of sounds such as coarsegrain collision interactions or friction interactions can be designed.
fine grain
However, much latent parallelism in functional programs is too finegrain to be exploitable.
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