rye

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n. 黑麦, 吉卜赛绅士 [医] 黑麦

发音

US /ɹaɪ/

词形变化

ryes 复数 ryes

别名

rie

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder.

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    They bought a sack of rye and a sack of wheat with the intent to try their hand at milling and baking.

  2. 2.

    The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained.

    黑麦

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    This field will be planted to rye next spring.

  3. 3.

    Ellipsis of rye bread.

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    Customer: A tuna sandwich, please. Waiter: Sure, hon. You want that on white, wheat, or rye?

  4. 4.

    Ellipsis of rye whiskey, whiskey made mainly or wholly from rye grain.

    加拿大 美国 可数 不可数

    He likes any whiskey, but his favorite is rye.

  5. 5.

    A drink (serving) of rye whiskey.

    加拿大 美国 可数 不可数

    I'll have a rye, neat, please.

  6. 6.

    Caraway (from the mistaken assumption that the whole seeds, often used to season rye bread, are the rye itself)

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  7. 7.

    Ryegrass, any of the species of Lolium.

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  8. 8.

    A disease of hawks.

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 5

whiskey grain whisky cereal caryopsis

相关短语

rye bread 黑面包 rye breads rye flake rye flakes rye seed rye seeds rye wolf Rye Brook rye wolves rye grass 黑麦草 rye grasses rye flour rye flours Rye Park

词源

From Middle English rye, rie, from Old English ryġe, from Proto-West Germanic *rugi, from Proto-Germanic *rugiz. Germanic cognates include Dutch and West Frisian rogge, Low German Rogg, German Roggen, Rocken, Old Norse rugr (Danish rug, Swedish råg); non-Germanic cognates include Russian рожь (rožʹ) and Latvian rudzi.

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