millet

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n. 稷, 粟, 黍 [医] 小米

发音

UK /ˈmɪlɪt/
其它 /ˈmɪlɛt/
US /ˈmɪlət/

词形变化

millets 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.

    小米

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Common millet, in particular of species Panicum miliaceum.

    可数 不可数
  3. 1.

    A semi-autonomous confessional community under the Ottoman Empire, especially a non-Muslim one.

    历史

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

grain cereal foodgrain

下位词 10

sorghum African millet barnyardgrass billion-dollar grass coracan finger millet goosegrass Japanese millet kurakkan panicgrass

相关短语

finger millet [农]<&64&>[子] pearl millet 御谷, 珍珠稷 proso millet 黍 foxtail millet 粟, 谷子 coracan millet German millet na. 粟 [网络] 小米；饲用粟；饲用栗 broomcorn millet 黍 common millet hog millet na. 糜 [网络] 黍；帝粟；猪粟 white millet Indian millet na. 食用高粱 [网络] 黑黍 wild foxtail millet 莠 Japanese millet 食用稗；日本粟 Italian millet na. 粟 [网络] 谷子；小米；意大利小米 native millet

词源

From late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French millet; from Latin milium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”), see also Ancient Greek μελίνη (melínē, “millet”) and Lithuanian málnos (“millet”). Not related to مِلَّة (milla).

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