英汉词典

corn 基本解释

• n. （美）玉米；（英）谷物；[皮肤] 鸡眼
• vt. 腌；使成颗粒
• n. (Corn)人名；(英、法、瑞典)科恩

corn 词态变化

corn 中文词源

词源同grain, 谷物。

corn 英文词源

corn

corn: [OE] The underlying sense of corn is of grinding down into small particles. The word comes ultimately from the Indo-European base *ger-, which meant ‘wear away’. From it was derived *grnóm ‘worn-down particle’, which in Latin produced grānum (source of English grain) and in prehistoric Germanic produced *kurnam, which developed into Old English corn.

Already in Germanic times the word had developed in meaning from simply ‘particle’ to ‘small seed’ and specifically ‘cereal grain’, but English corn was not of course applied to ‘maize’ before that plant came to Europe from America in the 16th century. The original sense ‘particle’ survives in corned beef, where corned refers to the grains of salt with which the meat is preserved.

The meaning ‘hackneyed or sentimental matter’ is a 20th-century development, based on the supposedly unsophisticated life of country areas. Kernel comes from an Old English diminutive form of corn. Corn ‘hardening of the skin’ [15] is a completely different word, coming via Anglo- Norman corn from Latin cornū ‘horn’.
=> grain; horn

corn (n.1)

"grain," Old English corn, from Proto-Germanic *kurnam "small seed" (cognates: Old Frisian and Old Saxon korn "grain," Middle Dutch coren, German Korn, Old Norse korn, Gothic kaurn), from PIE root *gre-no- "grain" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic zruno "grain," Latin granum "seed," Lithuanian žirnis "pea"). The sense of the Old English word was "grain with the seed still in" (as in barleycorn) rather than a particular plant.

Locally understood to denote the leading crop of a district. Restricted to the indigenous "maize" in America (c. 1600, originally Indian corn, but the adjective was dropped), usually wheat in England, oats in Scotland and Ireland, while Korn means "rye" in parts of Germany. Maize was introduced to China by 1550, it thrived where rice did not grow well and was a significant factor in the 18th century population boom there. Cornflakes first recorded 1907. Corned beef so called for the "corns" or grains of salt with which it is preserved; from verb corn "to salt" (1560s).

corn (n.2)

"hardening of skin," early 15c., from Old French corne (13c.) "horn (of an animal)," later, "corn on the foot," from Latin cornu "horn," from PIE *ker- (1) "horn; head, uppermost part of the body" (see horn (n.)).

corn 词组搭配

corn 英文释义

1. 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

2. the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal

3. ears of corn grown for human food

4. a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes

5. annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains

6. whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn

7. something sentimental or trite;

"that movie was pure corn"

corn 同义词解析

corn, crop, grain

这些名词都有"谷物"之意。

corn： 主要指大麦、小麦、燕麦、裸麦、玉蜀黍这5种谷物及其粒子。

crop： 指谷物或果类等一年或一季的收成，也可指地里的农业作物或谷物。

grain： 指稻、麦等谷类及其粒子。

corn 双语例句

1. They are offering farmers $2.15 a bushel for corn.

他们向农民出价每蒲式耳2.15美元收购玉米。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The scheme offers seed corn finance with loans at only 4% interest.

该方案提供种子基金融资，其贷款只收取4%的利息。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Here's a way of barbecuing corn-on-the-cob that I learned in the States.

这是我在美国学的一种烤玉米的方法。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The ancient civilizations of Central and Latin America were founded upon corn.

古代中美洲和拉丁美洲的文明社会是建立在玉米之上的。

来自柯林斯例句

5. In the state of Iowa, it's been a bumper year for corn.

艾奥瓦州今年玉米大丰收。

来自柯林斯例句

corn 实用场景例句

a field of corn

一片庄稼

牛津词典

ears/sheaves of corn

谷穗；一捆捆的谷物

牛津词典

corn-fed chicken

用谷物饲养的鸡

牛津词典

...fields of corn...

麦田

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He filled the barn to the roof with corn.

他将谷仓装满了谷物。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...rows of corn in an Iowa field.

艾奥瓦州农田里成排的玉米

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Tax planning is the inevitable counter move to taxpayer in the society who rule by law.

税收筹划是依法治税时纳税人必然采取的对策.

期刊摘选

Corn is America's most important grain.

玉米是美国最重要的谷物.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Man can't live without corn.

没有五谷杂粮人类就不能生存.

《简明英汉词典》

This corn ears well.

这株玉米抽穗很好.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The corn is blossoming [ ripening ].

玉米正在开花 [ 成熟 ].

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The corn has begun to tassel.

玉米开始长出穗状雄花.

《简明英汉词典》

There was an abundance of corn last year.

去年玉米丰收.

《简明英汉词典》

Fields of corn spread out as far as the eye could see.

玉米地延伸到看不到边的地方.

《简明英汉词典》

Corn is also called " Indian corn ".

玉蜀黍 又称为印第安玉米.

《简明英汉词典》

Corn starch is used as a thickener in stews.

玉米淀粉在炖煮菜肴中被用作增稠剂.

《简明英汉词典》

The hen ate the grains of corn on the ground.

母鸡啄食地上的谷粒.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The corn was thick in the field.

田里的麦子长得很茂盛.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

He must not measure his neighbour's corn by his own bushel.

他不应该拿自己的标准去衡量邻居.

《简明英汉词典》

Corn and cotton are extensively cultivated in this region.

这个地区普遍种植玉米和蔬菜.

《简明英汉词典》

There is a lot of good corn land around here.

这附近有许多良田.

《简明英汉词典》

The writer used the image of corn silk to describe the girl's hair.

作者用玉米须来比喻那女孩的头发.

《简明英汉词典》

This is a romantic ballad that is pure corn.

这是一首极为伤感的浪漫小曲.

《简明英汉词典》

Stocks of corn were studded over the field.

遍地都是禾束堆.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Corn is one of an annual.

玉米是一年生植物.

《简明英汉词典》

The corn flour has been ground very fine.

玉米面磨得很细.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

corn on the cob

玉米棒子

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

a field of corn

一片庄稼

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

They are offering farmers $2.15 a bushel for corn.

他们向农民出价每蒲式耳2.15美元收购玉米。

柯林斯例句