Grain

[greɪn] or [ɡren]

解释:

(noun.) the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; 'saw the board across the grain'.

(noun.) the smallest possible unit of anything; 'there was a grain of truth in what he said'; 'he does not have a grain of sense'.

(noun.) foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses.

(noun.) a relatively small granular particle of a substance; 'a grain of sand'; 'a grain of sugar'.

(noun.) a cereal grass; 'wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas'.

(noun.) dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn.

(noun.) 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams.

(noun.) 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams.

(noun.) a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat.

(noun.) the side of leather from which the hair has been removed.

(verb.) paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood.

录入:温思罗普--From WordNet

解释:

(v. & n.) See Groan.

(n.) A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.

(n.) The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively.

(n.) Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.

(n.) The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram.

(n.) A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.

(n.) The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.

(n.) The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.

(n.) The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.

(n.) The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.

(n.) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.

(n.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.

(a.) Temper; natural disposition; inclination.

(a.) A sort of spice, the grain of paradise.

(v. t.) To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.

(v. t.) To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.

(v. t.) To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.).

(n.) To yield fruit.

(n.) To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.

(n.) A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.

(n.) A tine, prong, or fork.

(n.) One the branches of a valley or of a river.

(n.) An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points.

(n.) A blade of a sword, knife, etc.

(n.) A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core.

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同义词及近义词:

n. [1]. Seed, kernel, matured ovule.[2]. Corn (wheat, rye, oats, barley, maize, &c.).[3]. Particle, atom, bit, scrap, jot, whit, mite, ace, iota, tittle, scintilla, trace, spark, shadow, glimmer.[4]. Twentieth part of a scruple, twenty-fourth part of a pennyweight.[5]. Fibre, texture.[6]. Temper, disposition, humor.[7]. Dye, tint, color, stain, tinge, hue, shade, tincture.

录入:莫伊拉

解释:

n. a prong fork: a kind of harpoon.

n. a single small hard seed: (coll.) the seeds of certain plants which form the chief food of man: corn in general: a minute particle: a very small quantity: the smallest British weight supposed to be the average weight of a seed or well-ripened ear of corn: the arrangement of the particles or fibres of anything as stone or wood: texture as of leather: the crimson dye made from cochineal insects which in the prepared state resemble grains of seed—hence to dye in grain is to dye deeply also to dye in the wool: innate quality or character of anything.—v.t. to form into grains cause to granulate: to paint in imitation of wood marble &c.: in tanning to take the hair off.—n. Grain′age duties on grain.—adj. Grained rough: furrowed.—ns. Grain′er one who paints in imitation of the grain of wood; Grain′ing painting so as to imitate the grain of wood: a process in tanning in which the grain of the leather is raised.—adj. Grain′y having grains or kernels.—Grains of Paradise an aromatic and pungent seed imported from Guinea.—Against the grain against the fibre of the wood—hence against the natural temper or inclination; With a grain of salt with reservation as of a story that cannot be admitted (L. cum grano salis).

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娱乐性解释:

Grain is a most fortunate dream, betokening wealth and happiness. For a young woman, it is a dream of fortune. She will meet wealthy and adoring companions.

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