grain
英 /ɡreɪn/ 美 /ɡreɪn/
- n. 谷物；粮食seeds of crops such as wheat, used as food
- n. 颗粒；细粒a very small hard piece of a substance
- n. 木材纹理the natural pattern of lines in wood
The farmer stored the grain in a dry barn.
农民把粮食存放在干燥的谷仓里。
Growing grain requires reliable water supplies, which are increasingly threatened by drought in many agricultural regions.
种植谷物需要可靠的供水，而许多农业地区的供水正日益受到干旱的威胁。
搭配
whole grain 全谷物a grain of sand 一粒沙wood grain 木纹
辨析提示
grain指粮食通常不可数；指单颗谷粒或细粒可数。
词族
grainy (adj.)
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