corn
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++corn /kɔːn $ kɔːrn/ ●●○ S3 noun 1 [uncountable] British EnglishHBPTAC plants such as wheat, barley, and oats or their seeds 谷物；谷粒 fields of corn 一片片麦田 an ear of corn (=the top part of this plant where the seeds grow) 谷穗2 
[uncountable] a) American English a tall plant with large yellow seeds that grow together on a cob (=long hard part), which is cooked and eaten as a vegetable or fed to animals 玉米 SYN British English maize All our chickens are fed on corn. 我们所有的鸡都喂玉米。 → corn on the cob b) HBPTACthe seeds of this plant 玉米粒 → sweetcorn →5 see picture at 见图 vegetable13. [countable]MI a painful area of thick hard skin on your foot 鸡眼，钉胼
[uncountable] a) American English a tall plant with large yellow seeds that grow together on a cob (=long hard part), which is cooked and eaten as a vegetable or fed to animals 玉米 SYN British English maize All our chickens are fed on corn. 我们所有的鸡都喂玉米。 → corn on the cob b) HBPTACthe seeds of this plant 玉米粒 → sweetcorn →5 see picture at 见图 vegetable13. [countable]MI a painful area of thick hard skin on your foot 鸡眼，钉胼Examples from the Corpus
corn• This was one of the largest silk mills in the vicinity, although it started life as a corn mill.• Quite possibly it was a corn mill partially converted for fulling.• The former corn mill is owned by Bristol City Museum and is open to the public.• Some people think fresh corn on the cob needs no embellishment.• Forty acres of corn burns up in July or is flooded out or beaten to a pulp by hail.• The chickens are raised on a diet of corn and other grains.• However, a surplus or excess supply still exists and competition among sellers will once again bid down the price of corn.• They wore large cotton hats to keep off the sun, and gloves to protect their hands from the corn.• Saute, stirring often, until corn is lightly browned.ear of corn• They would let lawyers know they were available by having ears of corn or hay protruding from their shoes.• Select ears of corn that have uniform rows of kernels and dark brown silks at the husk end.• There is also a beautiful altar rail decorated with ears of corn, grapes, etc. - all references to the Sacrament.Origin corn 1. Old English2. (1300-1400) Old French corne “horn, corner”; → CORNER1corn nounChinese
their and barley, oats Corpus as such wheat, plants seeds or
corn
corn S3 /kɔːn $ kɔːrn/
noun1. [uncountable] British English plants such as wheat, barley, and oats or their seeds:
fields of corn
an ear of corn (=the top part of this plant where the seeds grow)
2.
[uncountable]
a. American English a tall plant with large yellow seeds that grow together on a cob (=long hard part), which is cooked and eaten as a vegetable or fed to animals
SYN maize British English:
All our chickens are fed on corn. ⇨ corn on the cob
b. the seeds of this plant ⇨ sweetcorn
3. [countable] a painful area of thick hard skin on your foot
corn S3 /kɔːn $ kɔːrn/
noun Sense 1-2
Language: Old English 2.
[uncountable]
a. American English a tall plant with large yellow seeds that grow together on a cob (=long hard part), which is cooked and eaten as a vegetable or fed to animals
SYN maize British English:
b. the seeds of this plant ⇨ sweetcorn
3. [countable] a painful area of thick hard skin on your foot
Growing food and raising animals 种植粮食和饲养动物
plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley植树；播种；种庄稼；种植葡萄树；种大麦 grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit种植／生产玉米／小麦／大米／水果 plough/ ( NAmE plow land/a field耕地；犁田 sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields播种／收获谷粒／农作物／庄稼 spread manure/fertilizer on sth给…施撒粪肥／肥料 cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land耕作／灌溉／浇灌／污染庄稼／植物／田地／土地 damage/destroy/lose your crop损害／毁坏／损失农作物 ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes催熟／采摘水果／浆果／葡萄 press/dry/ferment grapes压榨／晾干／发酵葡萄 grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat磨／打谷物／玉米／小麦 raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs饲养鸡／家禽／牛／猪 raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep饲养／喂养／放养家畜／牛／羊 kill/slaughter livestock屠宰家畜 preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat防腐保存／熏／加工贮藏／用盐腌制肉
Modern farming 现代农场经营
run a fish farm/an organic dairy经营养鱼场／有机乳品场 engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming从事集约型（生猪／渔业）养殖 use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides使用（化学／有机）肥料／杀虫剂 begin/do/conduct field trials of GM(= cropsgenetically modified )开始／进行转基因作物的田间试验 grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods种植／研发转基因作物／种子／植物／粮食 fund/invest in genetic engineering/research资助／投资基因工程／研究 improve/increase crop yields提高／增加粮食产量 face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages面临／遭受／缓解食物短缺 label food that contains GMOs(= genetically modified organisms )给含有转基因生物的食品贴标签 eliminate/reduce farm subsidies取消／减少农业补贴 oppose/be against factory farming/GM food反对工厂化养殖／转基因食品 promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming促进／鼓励／支持有机／可持续农耕
