首页英语词典graingrain英英释意

grain

英 [greɪn] 美[ɡren]
  • n. 粮食;颗粒;[作物] 谷物;纹理
  • vi. 成谷粒
  • vt. 使成谷粒
  • n. (Grain)人名;(法)格兰

英英释意


1. a small hard particle;
"a grain of sand"
2. foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
3. used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
4. 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
5. 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
6. dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
7. the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric;
"saw the board across the grain"