maize
/meɪz/ (bre, ipa) · /meɪz/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈmāz/ (ame, mw)
maize — 名詞
1. a tall plant with broad green leaves that produces yellow or white seeds (kernel
玉米
一種穀物，黃色籽粒可食用、磨粉或作飼料
a tall plant with broad green leaves that produces yellow or white seeds (kernels) on long ears. People use the seeds for food — boiling, roasting, or grinding them into flour — and also feed them to farm animals.
Ilan's family grows maize on their farm in Kenya and sells it locally.
Ilan 一家在肯亞的農場種植玉米，並在當地市場出售。
collocation: grow maize
Every autumn, the farmers near our village harvest the maize before the heavy rains begin.
每年秋天，我們村子附近的農民都會在豪雨來臨前收割玉米。
collocation: harvest maize
Asher ground dried maize into yellow flour to make porridge for his three children.
Asher 把乾玉米磨成黃色粉末，為他的三個小孩煮成粥。
Farmers grow maize in many countries to feed both people and farm animals.
農民在許多國家種植玉米，用來養活人和動物。
Villagers stored their dried maize in clay pots to protect it from rats.
村民把乾玉米存放在陶甕裡，以免被老鼠偷吃。
- corn
The common term in American, Australian, and New Zealand English for the same plant and grain; in British English, corn can also refer to wheat or other cereal grains.
文法句型
maize + verb (uncountable)
a type / variety of maize
ear / cob of maize
用法筆記
In American English, this crop is usually called corn. In British English and in formal or scientific contexts, maize is the standard term. The grain itself is uncountable (some maize), but you can refer to a single plant or type as countable (a maize, several maizes).