Grain



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解释

GRE 红宝书

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

Webster Collegiate

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
• ［b］［c d

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