maize

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n. 玉蜀黍, 黄色 a. 玉蜀黍色的, 黄色的

发音

US /meɪz/
CA /meːz/

词形变化

maizes 复数 maizes

别名

maiz

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.

    粟米

    番麦

    玉米

    玉蜀黍

    苞谷

    油甜苞

    包粟

    珍珠米

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

corn lemon gamboge Indian corn lemon yellow

上位词 3

yellow cereal yellowness

下位词 5

popcorn sweet corn field corn green corn sugar corn

部分词 6

ear corn spike cornstalk capitulum corncob

相关短语

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词源

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ. Cognate with Lokono marisi, Wayuu maiki.

来源：wiktionary