Grain
[greɪn] or [ɡren]
解釋/意思:
(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.
錄入:温思罗普--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
海伦娜編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
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.
錄入:莫伊拉
解釋/意思:
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).
德洛丽丝整理
娱乐性解釋/意思:
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.
卡尔文校對
例句/造句/用法:
- In agriculture the raising of grain has extended in the Nineteenth Century to enormous proportions. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- On a meat dietary men can live without salt, but grain-consuming people need it just as herbivorous animals need it. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In a recent and more restricted sense, it is applied to a machine that cuts grain, separates it into gavels, and binds it. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Not a grain, said Tom. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- But this one living grain in him matched the perfect youth in her. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Italy claims the honour among European nations of first introducing a machine for sowing grain. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- On another occasion he encountered a more novel peril by falling into the pile of wheat in a grain elevator and being almost smothered. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Somewhat as a house is composed of a group of bricks, or a sand heap of grains of sand, the human body is composed of small divisions called cells. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- As you say, there appear to be grains of sawdust in it. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The wind blows about the sands of the desert; the position of the grains is changed. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- When dry, dip the paper into a solution of iodide of potassium, containing 500 grains dissolved in 1 pint of water, and let it remain in the solution two or three minutes. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- They cultivated n umerous vegetables, grains, fruits, and flowers. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- In alluvial deposits it is extracted by washing, in dust grains, lamin? or nuggets. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- When it is desired to color the lips add 20 grains of carmine. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- The whitening is done by boiling the pins in a large copper kettle, which also contains layers of grained tin and a solution of argol or bitartrate of potash. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- When thoroughly dry it is grained with a toothed instrument on the flesh side and bruised on the grain or hair side for the purpose of softening the leather. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Her cross-grained pet greyhound was in the room, and I fully expected a barking and snapping reception. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Though a hard-grained man, close, dry, and silent, he can enjoy old wine with the best. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- As he opened the door the cross-grained greyhound poked out her sharp muzzle from under the sofa, and barked and snapped at him. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The wood of apple trees is hard, close-grained and often richly colored, and is suitable for turning or cabinet work. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- A further process of paring and graining makes it ready for waxing or coloring, in which oil and lampblack are used on the flesh side. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
安东尼編輯