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词汇 sweetcorn
释义 sweetcorn
noun[ U ]
mainly UK(alsosweet corn)uk /ˈswiːt.kɔːn/ us /ˈswiːt.kɔːrn/(US usuallycorn)
the yellow seeds of a particular type of maize plant, eaten as a vegetable: 甜玉米
We had big bowls of pasta with tuna and sweetcorn.
You can use tinned sweetcorn, but rinse it well and drain before adding.
Fresh sweet corn needs little added flavour.
 
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the type of maize plant that is grown for food:
The family have been growing sweetcorn on their farm for many years.
Our main crops were sweet corn and soy beans.
The noodles were served with carrots, peppers and baby sweetcorn.
Use leftover turkey to make these turkey and sweetcorn fritters.
There were small farm stands selling locally grown sweet corn.
Fresh sweet corn is so delicious that it can be enjoyed at any meal.
Sweet corn needs warm soil to grow well.
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Crop plants & economic plants

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For each major crop (maize, soybean, sweetcorn, sorghum and sunflower) three random sites were visited weekly.
The situation for both maize and sweetcorn differs with crops being planted over a period of three months.
The data represent yields of sweetcorn cobs, expressed as kg per plot multiplied by 10.
Certain "essential cases" will be allowed until the end of 2007 in respect of sweetcorn and forestry.
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The garlic and sweetcorn grown on the island is sold throughout the land.
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There has been a great increase in farm diversification with such activities as "pick-yourown"—who would have thought before the war that one would be picking one's own sweetcorn?
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The broad river valley is used to grow alfalfa, sweetcorn, maize and wheat.
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They may also contain ham, fish, "humita" (sweetcorn with white sauce) or spinach; a fruit filling is used to create a dessert empanada.
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The narrower meaning is usually indicated by some additional word, as in "sweet corn", "sweetcorn", "corn on the cob", "popcorn", "corn flakes", "baby corn".
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It is practically a variant, because instead of preparing it with stewed corn grains, sweetcorn grains are used.
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The local economy is mainly dependent on tea-growing, along with some sweetcorn, which before tea was planted in the 1940s was the major crop here.
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Following the war, the fruit orchards and sweetcorn farms were cleared to build homes, factories and offices.
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They also take particle baits such as sweetcorn and can be caught on a variety of baits.
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All three methods can be fished using a paternoster rig, and cage feeder with the bait, for example sweetcorn fixed inside using groundbait plugs, or maggot feeder when fishing maggots.
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