grain
英 [gre?n]美[ɡren]
- n. 糧食；顆粒；[作物] 谷物；紋理
- vi. 成谷粒
- vt. 使成谷粒
- n. (Grain)人名；(法)格蘭
英英釋意
- 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"
