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millet

英 ['mɪlɪt] 美 ['mɪlɪt]

解释

n. 小米；粟；稷；黍的子实
n. (Millet)人名；(西)米列特；(法)米勒；(英)米利特

※ 提供单词"millet"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

millet 黍类，粟

来自拉丁语milium,黍类，粟，词源同mill,mallet.

英文词源

millet (n.): cereal grain, c. 1400, from Middle French millet, diminutive of mil "millet," from Latin milium "millet" (see mallet). Cognate with Greek meline, Lithuanian malnus (plural) "millet."

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例句和用法

1. The maize and millet were just putting forth ears.: 玉米和谷子正在抽穗.

2. In the 1970 s, prices of millet, sorghum, and cowpeas rose faster than those of groundnuts.: 七十年代, 小米, 高粱和豇豆的价格上涨得比花生的快.

3. Millet is cultivated in the middle or lower reaches of the Yellow River.: 在黄河中下游地区,人们种植谷子.

4. I bought two bowls of glutinous millet paste at the temple fair.: 在庙会上,我买了两碗茶汤.

5. Buy: Mung beans, Sesame, Dry chilli, Millet, soybean, Red kidney bean.: 采购: 绿豆, 芝麻, 干辣椒, 粟, 大豆, 红芸豆.