英汉词典

grain 基本解释

• n. 粮食；颗粒；[作物] 谷物；纹理
• vi. 成谷粒
• vt. 使成谷粒
• n. (Grain)人名；(法)格兰

grain 词态变化

grain 中文词源

来自PIE*gre-no, 生长，词源同grass, corn. 后指谷物。

grain 英文词源

grain

grain: [13] Grain comes via Old French from Latin grānum ‘seed’. Its prehistoric Indo- European ancestor was *grnóm, literally ‘worndown particle’, which also produced English corn, and it has given English a remarkably wide range of related forms: not just obvious derivatives like granary [16], granule [17], and ingrained [16], but also garner [12] (originally a noun derived from Latin grānārium ‘granary’), gram ‘chick-pea’ [18] (from the Portuguese descendant of grānum, now mainly encountered in ‘gram flour’), grange, granite, gravy, grenade, and the second halves of filigree and pomegranate.
=> filigree, garner, granary, granite, gravy, grenade, ingrained, pomegranate

grain (n.)

early 14c., "a small, hard seed," especially of one of the cereal plants, also as a collective singular, "seed of wheat and allied grasses used as food;" also "something resembling grain; a hard particle of other substances" (salt, sand, later gunpowder, etc.), from Old French grain, grein (12c.) "seed, grain; particle, drop; berry; grain as a unit of weight," from Latin granum "seed, a grain, small kernel," from PIE root *gre-no- "grain" (see corn (n.1)). From late 14c. as "a species of cereal plant." In the U.S., where corn has a specialized sense, it is the general word (used of wheat, rye, oats, barley, etc.).

Figuratively, "the smallest possible quantity," from late 14c. From early 15c. in English as the smallest unit of weight (originally the weight of a plump, dry grain of wheat or barley from the middle of the ear). From late 14c as "roughness of surface; a roughness as of grains." In reference to wood, "quality due to the character or arrangement of its fibers," 1560s; hence, against the grain (1650), a metaphor from carpentry: cutting across the fibers of the wood is more difficult than cutting along them.

Earliest sense of the word in English was "scarlet dye made from insects" (early 13c.), a sense also in the Old French collateral form graine; see kermes for the evolution of this sense, which was frequent in Middle English; also compare engrain. In Middle English grain also could mean "seed of flowers; pip of an apple, grape, etc.; a berry, legume, nut." Grain alcohol attested by 1854.

grain 词组搭配

grain 英文释义

1. a small hard particle;

"a grain of sand"

2. foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

3. used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat

4. 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams

5. 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams

6. dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn

7. the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric;

"saw the board across the grain"

grain 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。

molecule, atom, particle, speck, grain

这些名词均有"粒，微粒"之意。

molecule： 指物质中保持原物质的一切化学性质，能独立存在的最小微粒，即分子。

atom： 指元素的最小粒子，其体积比molecule小。

particle： 指任何物质的微粒，引申指任何小的部分。

speck： 一般指"微点"或"微粒"，可引申指"斑点、污点"。

grain： 通常指能为肉眼清楚看到的颗粒，比上述几个词所表"粒"的体积大。

grain 双语例句

1. The firemen unwrapped their hoses and began dousing the scorched grain silos.

消防员展开水龙带，开始冲着烧焦的谷仓喷水。

来自柯林斯例句

2. From these ports the grain is freighted down to Addis Ababa.

粮食从这些港口运到亚的斯亚贝巴。

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3. There's more than a grain of truth in that.

其中含有很深刻的道理。

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4. ... grain sells at 10 times usual prices.

粮食售价是平常的10倍。

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5. Any shortage could push up grain prices.

任何一种短缺都会抬高粮食价格。

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grain 实用场景例句

It really goes against the grain to have to work on a Sunday.

星期天还得上班的确不合常情。

牛津词典

wood of coarse/fine grain

质地粗 / 细的木头

牛津词典

to cut a piece of wood along/across the grain

顺着纹路劈木头；横对纹路把木头拦腰截断

牛津词典

There isn't a grain of truth in those rumours.

那些谣传一点也不可靠。

牛津词典

a grain of salt/sand/sugar

一粒盐 / 沙 / 砂糖

牛津词典

a few grains of rice

几粒大米

牛津词典

America's grain exports

美国的谷物出口

牛津词典

Privatisation goes against the grain of their principle of opposition to private ownership of industry.

私有化有悖于他们反对工业私有的原则。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Brush the paint generously over the wood in the direction of the grain.

顺着木材的纹理刷上厚厚的一层漆。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

There's more than a grain of truth in that.

其中含有很深刻的道理。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a grain of sand.

一粒沙子

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a grain of wheat.

一粒小麦

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...rice grains.

米粒

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a bag of grain.

一袋谷物

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the best grains.

优质谷物

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The middle ranks include Senior Colonel, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, and Major.

校级军衔包括大校 、 上校 、 中校 、 少校.

期刊摘选

There is not a grain of common sense in what he has said.

他说的话中一点常识都没有.

《简明英汉词典》

That is a drop of grain sacks from an aircraft to the hungry people on the island.

那是从飞机上空投给岛上饥民的一袋袋粮食.

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The chickens will peck up all the grain that you throw on the ground.

小鸡会把你扔在地上的谷子全鹐起来吃掉.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

They are dependent upon importation from foreign countries for cotton and grain.

他们的粮、棉依赖从国外进口.

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The United States tried to dispose of its grain surpluses.

美国努力把过剩粮食处理掉.

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Every family in our village has grain to spare.

我们村没一家没余粮.

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Farmers thresh grain with threshing machines.

农民用脱粒机脱粒.

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The grain store processed flour wrappers for Chinese dumplings.

这家粮店把面粉加工成面皮供包饺子用.

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The grain store holds several thousand tonnes.

这个粮仓可以存放几千吨粮食.

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Average grain output per mu has reached 1300 jin.

平均亩产量达到了1300斤.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

It goes against the grain for him to be rude to a friend.

他对朋友粗鲁不是出于本意.

《简明英汉词典》

In spite of the unfavorable weather, the grain output of the farm kept up and even increased a little than last year.

尽管天气不好, 但粮食产量并未下降,甚至比去年还略有增加.

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The peasants store up the grain against famine.

农民们贮粮备荒.

《现代汉英综合大词典》