a grain distillery 酒精廠。 a grain of rice 米粒;(瓷器上的)透明碎米花。 coarse grain粗糧,雜糧。 refined grain細糧。 (food) grains 糧食。 woods of fine [coarse] grain細[粗]紋木材。 There isn't a grain of truth in what he said. 他說的全不是真話。 against the grain 1. 逆紋理。 2. 〔比喻〕不合脾氣地,違反意愿地。 a grain of mustard seed 發展前途極大的小東西。 a grain of wheat in a bushel of chaff 徒勞,毫無結果,無濟于事。 dye in grain 生染,用不褪色染料染。 in grain 深紅的根深蒂固的十足的壞透的天生的 (knave in grain生來的大壞蛋)。 with a grain of salt = with some grains of allowance 有保留地,不全信地,打上幾分折扣(處理)。 without a grain of ... 一點也沒有 (a boy without a grain of common sense 一點道理都不懂的小男孩)。 vt. 1.把…作成細粒。 2.把…漆[畫]成木紋,使(皮等)表面粗糙。 3.染透。 4.刮去(皮上的)毛。 vi. 成為細粒。 adj. -less 沒有谷粒的,沒有紋理的。
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" 同義詞:texture,
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"
the smallest possible unit of anything; "there was a grain of truth in what he said"; "he does not have a grain of sense"
foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses 同義詞:food grain, cereal,
a relatively small granular particle of a substance; "a grain of sand"; "a grain of sugar"
a cereal grass; "wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas"
dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn 同義詞:caryopsis,
1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat 同義詞:metric grain,
the side of leather from which the hair has been removed