corn
n
1 [U]
(a) (esp Brit) (seed of) any of various grain plants, chiefly wheat, oats, rye and maize; such plants while growing 谷物
grinding corn to make flour 把谷物磨成粉
a field of corn 一片莊稼
a `corn-field 莊稼地
a sheaf of corn 一捆谷物.
(b) (esp US) maize 玉蜀黍; 玉米. =>illus 見插圖.
2 [U] (infml derog 口, 貶) music, verse, drama, etc that is banal, sentimental or hackneyed 平庸、 感傷或陳腐的音樂、 詩歌、 戲劇等
a romantic ballad that is pure corn 極為感傷的浪漫小曲.
corn n
1 small, often painful, area of hardened skin on the foot, esp on the toe 雞眼.
2 (idm 習語) tread on sb's corns/toes =>tread.
?? 考研助記
用coin(硬幣)買corn(玉米)
?? 擴展釋義
*[k?:n]n. 玉蜀黍, 谷類, 谷粒, 雞眼vt. 使成顆粒, 腌【醫】 釘胼, 雞眼【經】 玉米相關詞組: eat one's corn in the blade