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  • n. 谷物;小的硬粒
  • [英] n. 谷物 ( small hard seeds of food plants) ; 小的硬粒 ( tiny hard bit)

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I. noun

  • Etymology: Middle English, partly from Anglo-French grain cereal grain, from Latin granum; partly from Anglo-French graine seed, kermes, from Latin grana, plural of granum — more at corn
  • Date: 14th century
  • 1.
    • a.
      • (1) obsolete a single small hard seed
      • (2) a seed or fruit of a cereal grass ; caryopsis
    • b. the seeds or fruits of various food plants including the cereal grasses and in commercial and statutory usage other plants (as the soybean)
    • c. plants producing grain
  • 2.
    • a.
      • (1) a small hard particle or crystal
      • (2) any of the particles produced in a photographic material by its development; also the size of such grains in the aggregate
      • (3) an individual crystal in a metal
    • b. a minute portion or particle
    • c. the least amount possible <a grain of truth>
  • 3.
    • a. kermes or a scarlet dye made from it
    • b. cochineal or a brilliant scarlet dye made from it
    • c. a fast dye
    • d. archaic color, tint
  • 4.
    • a. a granulated surface or appearance
    • b. the outer or hair side of a skin or hide
  • 5. a unit of weight based on the weight of a grain of wheat taken as an average of the weight of grains from the middle of the ear — see weight table
  • 6.
    • a. the stratification of the wood fibers in a piece of wood
    • b. a texture due to constituent particles or fibers <the grain of a rock>
    • c. the direction of threads in cloth
  • 7. tactile quality
  • 8.
    • a. natural disposition ; temper <lying goes against my grain>
    • b. a basic or characteristic quality
    • c. a prevalent ideology or convention <teaching against the grain>
  • ? grained adjective
  • ? grainless adjective

II. verb

  • Date: 1530
  • transitive verb
    • 1. ingrain
    • 2. to form into grains ; granulate
    • 3. to paint in imitation of the grain of wood or stone
    • 4. to feed with grain
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