grain 音标拼音: [gr'en]
n . 谷物,粮食;颗,粒;些微,一点儿;纹理;脾气,特性
谷物,粮食;颗,粒;些微,一点儿;纹理;脾气,特性
grain 粒
grain n 1 :
a relatively small granular particle of a substance ; "
a grain of sand "; "
a grain of sugar "
2 :
foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses [
synonym : {
grain }, {
food grain }, {
cereal }]
3 :
the side of leather from which the hair has been removed 4 :
a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds :
50 mg or 1 /
4 carat [
synonym : {
grain }, {
metric grain }]
5 :
1 /
60 dram ;
equals an avoirdupois grain or 64 .
799 milligrams 6 :
1 /
7000 pound ;
equals a troy grain or 64 .
799 milligrams 7 :
dry seed -
like fruit produced by the cereal grasses :
e .
g .
wheat ,
barley ,
Indian corn [
synonym : {
grain }, {
caryopsis }]
8 :
a cereal grass ; "
wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas "
9 :
the smallest possible unit of anything ; "
there was a grain of truth in what he said "; "
he does not have a grain of sense "
10 :
the direction ,
texture ,
or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric ; "
saw the board across the grain "
11 :
the physical composition of something (
especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance ); "
breadfruit has the same texture as bread ";
"
sand of a fine grain "; "
fish with a delicate flavor and texture "; "
a stone of coarse grain " [
synonym : {
texture },
{
grain }]
v 1 :
thoroughly work in ; "
His hands were grained with dirt "
[
synonym : {
ingrain }, {
grain }]
2 :
paint (
a surface )
to make it look like stone or wood 3 :
form into grains [
synonym : {
granulate }, {
grain }]
4 :
become granular [
synonym : {
granulate }, {
grain }]
Grain \
Grain \,
v . &
n .
See {
Groan .} [
Obs .]
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Grain \
Grain \ (
gr [=
a ]
n ),
n . [
F .
grain ,
L .
granum ,
grain ,
seed ,
small kernel ,
small particle .
See {
Corn },
and cf . {
Garner },
n ., {
Garnet }, {
Gram }
the chick -
pea , {
Granule }, {
Kernel .}]
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1 .
A single small hard seed ;
a kernel ,
especially of those plants ,
like wheat ,
whose seeds are used for food .
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2 .
The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man ,
as corn ,
wheat ,
rye ,
oats ,
etc .,
or the plants themselves ; --
used collectively .
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Storehouses crammed with grain . --
Shak .
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3 .
Any small ,
hard particle ,
as of sand ,
sugar ,
salt ,
etc .;
hence ,
any minute portion or particle ;
as ,
a grain of gunpowder ,
of pollen ,
of starch ,
of sense ,
of wit ,
etc .
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I . . .
with a grain of manhood well resolved .
--
Milton .
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4 .
The unit of the English system of weights ; --
so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat .
7 ,
000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois ,
and 5 ,
760 grains the pound troy .
A grain is equal to .
0648 gram .
See {
Gram .}
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5 .
A reddish dye made from the coccus insect ,
or kermes ;
hence ,
a red color of any tint or hue ,
as crimson ,
scarlet ,
etc .;
sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to {
Tyrian purple }.
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All in a robe of darkest grain . --
Milton .
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Doing as the dyers do ,
who ,
having first dipped their silks in colors of less value ,
then give '
them the last tincture of crimson in grain . --
Quoted by Coleridge ,
preface to Aids to Reflection .
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6 .
The composite particles of any substance ;
that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness ;
texture ;
as ,
marble ,
sugar ,
sandstone ,
etc .,
of fine grain .
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Hard box ,
and linden of a softer grain . --
Dryden .
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7 .
The direction ,
arrangement ,
or appearance of the fibers in wood ,
or of the strata in stone ,
slate ,
etc .
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Knots ,
by the conflux of meeting sap ,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain Tortive and errant from his course of growth .
--
Shak .
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8 .
The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material .
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9 .
The hair side of a piece of leather ,
or the marking on that side . --
Knight .
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10 .
pl .
The remains of grain ,
etc .,
after brewing or distillation ;
hence ,
any residuum .
Also called {
draff }.
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11 . (
Bot .)
A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal ,
as in the common dock .
See {
Grained },
a .,
4 .
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12 .
Temper ;
natural disposition ;
inclination . [
Obs .]
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Brothers . . .
not united in grain . --
Hayward .
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13 .
A sort of spice ,
the grain of paradise . [
Obs .]
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He cheweth grain and licorice ,
To smellen sweet . --
Chaucer .
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{
Against the grain },
against or across the direction of the fibers ;
hence ,
against one '
s wishes or tastes ;
unwillingly ;
unpleasantly ;
reluctantly ;
with difficulty .
--
Swift . --
Saintsbury .
{
A grain of allowance },
a slight indulgence or latitude a small allowance .
{
Grain binder },
an attachment to a harvester for binding the grain into sheaves .
{
Grain colors },
dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect .
{
Grain leather }.
(
a )
Dressed horse hides .
(
b )
Goat ,
seal ,
and other skins blacked on the grain side for women '
s shoes ,
etc .
{
Grain moth } (
Zool .),
one of several small moths ,
of the family {
Tineid [
ae ]} (
as {
Tinea granella }
and {
Butalis cerealella }),
whose larv [
ae ]
devour grain in storehouses .
{
Grain side } (
Leather ),
the side of a skin or hide from which the hair has been removed ; --
opposed to {
flesh side .}
{
Grains of paradise },
the seeds of a species of amomum .
{
grain tin },
crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with charcoal .
{
Grain weevil } (
Zool .),
a small red weevil ({
Sitophilus granarius }),
which destroys stored wheat and other grain ,
by eating out the interior .
{
Grain worm } (
Zool .),
the larva of the grain moth .
See {
grain moth },
above .
{
In grain },
of a fast color ;
deeply seated ;
fixed ;
innate ;
genuine . "
Anguish in grain ." --
Herbert .
{
To dye in grain },
to dye of a fast color by means of the coccus or kermes grain [
see {
Grain },
n .,
5 ];
hence ,
to dye firmly ;
also ,
to dye in the wool ,
or in the raw material .
See under {
Dye .}
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The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
Likce crimson dyed in grain . --
Spenser .
{
To go against the grain of } (
a person ),
to be repugnant to ;
to vex ,
irritate ,
mortify ,
or trouble .
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Grain \
Grain \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Grained } (
gr [=
a ]
nd );
p .
pr .
&
vb .
n . {
Graining .}]
1 .
To paint in imitation of the grain of wood ,
marble ,
etc .
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2 .
To form (
powder ,
sugar ,
etc .)
into grains .
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3 .
To take the hair off (
skins );
to soften and raise the grain of (
leather ,
etc .).
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Grain \
Grain \,
v .
i . [
F .
grainer ,
grener .
See {
Grain },
n .]
1 .
To yield fruit . [
Obs .] --
Gower .
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2 .
To form grains ,
or to assume a granular form ,
as the result of crystallization ;
to granulate .
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Grain \
Grain \ (
gr [=
a ]
n ),
n . [
See {
Groin }
a part of the body .]
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1 .
A branch of a tree ;
a stalk or stem of a plant . [
Obs .]
--
G .
Douglas .
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2 .
A tine ,
prong ,
or fork .
Specifically :
(
a )
One the branches of a valley or of a river .
(
b )
pl .
An iron fish spear or harpoon ,
having four or more barbed points .
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3 .
A blade of a sword ,
knife ,
etc .
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4 . (
Founding )
A thin piece of metal ,
used in a mold to steady a core .
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343 Moby Thesaurus words for "
grain ":
abrade ,
ace ,
acorn ,
aftergrass ,
animus ,
apply paint ,
aptitude ,
atom ,
atomize ,
bamboo ,
barley ,
beat ,
bedaub ,
bedizen ,
begild ,
bent ,
berry ,
besmear ,
bias ,
bird seed ,
bit ,
blood ,
body -
build ,
bran ,
brand ,
bray ,
break up ,
breccia ,
brecciate ,
breed ,
brush on paint ,
calcimine ,
cane ,
cast ,
cat food ,
cereal ,
cereal plant ,
character ,
characteristic ,
characteristics ,
chicken feed ,
chop ,
clan ,
coarsen ,
coat ,
color ,
come to dust ,
comminute ,
complexion ,
composition ,
constituents ,
constitution ,
contriturate ,
corn ,
cover ,
crasis ,
crumb ,
crumble ,
crumble into dust ,
crumble to dust ,
crush ,
dab ,
daub ,
debris ,
deep -
dye ,
denomination ,
description ,
designation ,
detritus ,
dharma ,
diathesis ,
dip ,
disintegrate ,
disposition ,
distemper ,
dog food ,
dole ,
dot ,
double -
dye ,
dram ,
dribble ,
driblet ,
drop ,
droplet ,
dwarf ,
dye ,
eatage ,
eccentricity ,
effloresce ,
emblazon ,
enamel ,
engild ,
ensilage ,
ethos ,
face ,
fall to dust ,
fall to pieces ,
farinaceous plant ,
farthing ,
fast -
dye ,
feather ,
feed ,
feel ,
fiber ,
finish ,
flaxseed ,
fleck ,
flour ,
flyspeck ,
fodder ,
fog ,
forage ,
forage grass ,
form ,
fragment ,
frame ,
fresco ,
fruit ,
genius ,
genre ,
genus ,
gild ,
glaze ,
gloss ,
gnat ,
gobbet ,
graminaceous plant ,
granular texture ,
granulate ,
granule ,
granulet ,
granulize ,
grass ,
grate ,
gravel ,
grind ,
grind to powder ,
grist ,
grit ,
groat ,
habit ,
hair ,
handful ,
hay ,
hayseed ,
hint ,
hue ,
humor ,
humors ,
idiosyncrasy ,
ilk ,
illuminate ,
imbue ,
inclination ,
indentation ,
individualism ,
ingrain ,
iota ,
japan ,
jot ,
kernel ,
kidney ,
kin ,
kind ,
knub ,
label ,
lacquer ,
lawn grass ,
lay on color ,
leaning ,
levigate ,
line ,
linseed ,
little ,
little bit ,
lot ,
lota ,
make ,
makeup ,
manner ,
mark ,
mash ,
meal ,
mental set ,
mettle ,
microbe ,
microorganism ,
midge ,
mill ,
mind ,
mind -
set ,
minim ,
minimum ,
minutia ,
minutiae ,
mite ,
modicum ,
mold ,
molecule ,
morsel ,
mote ,
nap ,
nature ,
nub ,
number ,
nut ,
nutshell ,
oats ,
ornamental grass ,
ounce ,
paint ,
parget ,
particle ,
pasturage ,
pasture ,
pattern ,
pebble ,
persuasion ,
pestle ,
pet food ,
phylum ,
physique ,
pigment ,
pile ,
pinch ,
pinhead ,
pinpoint ,
pip ,
pit ,
pittance ,
pock ,
point ,
pound ,
powder ,
predilection ,
predisposition ,
preference ,
prime ,
proclivity ,
propensity ,
property ,
protuberance ,
provender ,
pulverize ,
quality ,
race ,
reduce to powder ,
reed ,
roughen ,
sand ,
scintilla ,
scrap ,
scratch ,
scratch feed ,
scrunch ,
scruple ,
seed ,
set ,
shade ,
shadow ,
shag ,
shape ,
shard ,
shellac ,
shingle ,
shred ,
silage ,
slant ,
slop on paint ,
slops ,
smash ,
smear ,
smidgen ,
smidgin ,
smitch ,
smooth ,
snip ,
snippet ,
somatotype ,
sort ,
soupcon ,
species ,
speck ,
spirit ,
spoonful ,
spot ,
squash ,
stain ,
stamp ,
stipple ,
stone ,
strain ,
straw ,
streak ,
stripe ,
structure ,
style ,
suchness ,
suggestion ,
surface ,
surface texture ,
swill ,
system ,
taste ,
temper ,
temperament ,
tendency ,
tenor ,
texture ,
the like of ,
the likes of ,
thimbleful ,
tinct ,
tincture ,
tinge ,
tint ,
tiny bit ,
tittle ,
tone ,
tooth ,
trace ,
tribe ,
trifling amount ,
triturate ,
trivia ,
turn ,
turn of mind ,
twist ,
type ,
undercoat ,
vanishing point ,
variety ,
varnish ,
vein ,
wale ,
warp ,
wash ,
way ,
weave ,
wheat ,
whit ,
whitewash ,
woof {
granularity }
Grain used ,
in Amos 9 :
9 ,
of a small stone or kernel ;
in Matt .
13 :
31 ,
of an individual seed of mustard ;
in John 12 :
24 ,
1 Cor .
15 :
37 ,
of wheat .
The Hebrews sowed only wheat ,
barley ,
and spelt ;
rye and oats are not mentioned in Scripture .
GRAIN ,
weight .
The twenty -
fourth part of a pennyweight .
2 .
For scientific purposes the grain only is used ,
and sets of weights are constructed in decimal progression ,
from 10 ,
000 grains downward to one hundredth of a grain .
GRAIN ,
corn .
It signifies wheat ,
rye ,
barley ,
or other corn sown in the ground In Pennsylvania ,
a tenant for a certain term is entitled to the way -
going crop .
5 inn .
289 ,
258 ;
2 Binn .
487 ;
2 Serg . &
Rawle ,
14 .
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