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maize

美音:[meız ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.玉米,黄色 adj.玉米色的,黄色的

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maize


/meɪz; mez/
n [U] tall cereal plant bearing yellow grain on large ears 玉蜀黍; 玉米. Cf 参看 corn on the cob (corn1), sweetcorn (sweet1).

maize


n[U]BrE
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Spanish;Origin: maíz, from Taino mahiz]
a tall plant with large yellow seeds that grow together on a cob (=long hard part) , and which are cooked and eaten as a vegetable
American Equivalent: corn
1. On it farmers grow maize, rice, millet, beans and dates.
    在这片沃土上,农民种植玉米、水稻、小米、豆米和枣子。

2. It has sponsored the growing of cash crops such as cassava, maize, cotton, and the planting of trees to regenerate waste land.
    为恢复荒地的地力,它资助人们种植诸如木薯、玉米、棉花之类的经济作物和植树造林。

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