green corn
未成熟的谷物
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Refers to an unripe cereal crop, primarily in BrE; can also refer to young maize in AmE.
主要在英式英语中指未成熟的谷物作物;在美式英语中也可指嫩玉米。
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green corn = 未成熟的谷物 (主要在英式英语中指未成熟的谷物作物;在美式英语中也可指嫩玉米。)
- The farmer knew it was too early to harvest because the corn was still green.农夫知道现在收割还为时过早,因为玉米还是青的。
- Fields of green corn stretched to the horizon, promising a good yield if the weather held.一片片青玉米地延伸到地平线,预示着如果天气好的话会有个好收成。
- The prolonged drought stunted the growth, leaving much of the crop as useless green corn.持续的干旱阻碍了生长,使大部分作物变成了无用的青玉米。
- In some Native American traditions, festivals celebrate the first harvest of green corn.在一些美洲原住民的传统中,有庆祝首次收获青玉米的节日。
- The cattle were let out to graze on the tender shoots of green corn.牛群被放出去吃青玉米的嫩芽。
- You can't make proper flour from green corn; it needs to be fully ripe and dry.你不能用青玉米制作合格的面粉;它需要完全成熟和干燥。
- A sudden hailstorm flattened entire acres of promising green corn.一场突如其来的冰雹摧毁了整片有望丰收的青玉米地。
- Driving through the countryside, all you could see for miles was waving green corn.驱车穿过乡村,放眼望去,绵延数里都是随风摇曳的青玉米。
- Economists are worried that the late ripening of the green corn will affect grain prices.经济学家们担心,青玉米的晚熟会影响谷物价格。
- The children ran through the tall stalks of green corn, playing hide-and-seek.孩子们在青玉米的高秆间奔跑,玩着捉迷藏。