corn1
noun kɔːnkɔrn
1British The chief cereal crop of a district, especially (in England) wheat or (in Scotland) oats.
〈主英〉谷物；（英格兰）小麦；（苏格兰）燕麦fields of corn- Peas, beans or carrots also formed part of the diet, plus corn, i.e. oats or maize.
- To a European, corn covers all the cereal crops - wheat, barley, oat, and so on.
grain, cereal, cereal crop- 1.1 The grain of a cereal crop.谷粒
- Two ears of Long Island corn, slathered in butter and salt.
- The moisture inside the corn kernels was expanding, violently bursting out of the hard shells.
- Christopher says his biggest failure was cream corn.
- Add the corn kernels, garlic, and shallot and sauté until tender, about 30 seconds.
- Popcorn has never tasted so good to Lavonne Sanders, an entrepreneur who has turned popping golden kernels of corn into a lucrative business venture.
- Cover the kernels with the corn stock by one inch, reserving the remaining stock for the garnish.
- As she walked into the kitchen The Captain was just in the process of heaping handfuls of the kernels into the corn popper that was already heated up.
- In a pot, bring cream, milk and corn to a boil.
- Lin served Lannie; dinner consisted of roast beef, cream corn, beans, mashed potatoes and a tall glass of tropical Kool-aid.
- Indigenous Mexicans believe that God created humanity from an ear of corn and call themselves ‘people of maize’.
- There were separate spoons for soup, corn, and ice cream.
- Add the corn kernels and simmer until tender, about five minutes.
- I look over at Mory, who is pushing around a corn kernel with her fork.
- I waded through enough surf-and-turfs and enough creamed corn to last a lifetime.
- Using a grater set over a bowl, grate the corn kernels off the cobs.
- His challenge was to eat creamed corn and cod liver oil.
- Had my child not been in my arms, I probably would have dragged you out of your cart and shoved my ear of hot buttered corn down your red neck.
- Push the corn kernels to the side of the pan; add the sugar and allow the sugar to caramelize.
- Zein is a corn protein making up about half of the protein found in the corn kernel.
- By sticking an ear of dried corn on top, he lured squirrels to charge up the board and then spin around for a dizzying ride.
grain, cereal, cereal crop - 1.2North American another term for maize
- Amta payments are available for barley, corn, upland cotton, oats, rice, sorghum, and wheat.
- They also eat grains such as Chinese sorghum, corn, millet, oats, and buckwheat.
- Polyunsaturated oils, such as flax, corn, hemp, safflower, sesame and sunflower, have at least two gaps.
- He has three agricultural centres growing rice, corn, maize and peanuts.
- They grow lettuce, corn, parsley, sugar cane, rice and radishes.
- Crops produced by these projects include mahango, maize, groundnuts, corn, cotton and various vegetables.
- The surrounding farmers raise sugar beets, corn, and sunflowers for oil.
- This year Neville won 18 first and second place prizes for his grasses, which include maize, clover, corn, wheat and many more grown on his farm at Caniaba.
- Traditional rural staples are sweet potatoes, manioc, yams, corn, rice, pigeon peas, cowpeas, bread, and coffee.
- As a youngster and teenager, I grew up on a big farm in the country where my father grew large crops of sugar beets, potatoes, corn, and alfalfa every year.
- The major agricultural products are wheat, rice, barley, corn, sorghum, sugarcane, potatoes, and fruits.
- Spittlebugs especially like strawberries, corn and legumes.
- The Pomak economy is based on agriculture and their major crops include rye, barley, corn, flax, potatoes and tobacco.
- Steer away from safflower, sunflower, corn and sesame oils, as well as polyunsaturated vegetable oils.
sweetcorn, maize, corn on the cob, indian corn
2informal Something banal or sentimental.
〈非正式〉陈腐的东西，过时货；感伤的东西the film is pure corn这部电影太老一套了。
- God, will I forever be forced to deal with this massive amount of cheese and corn from now on…?
- The appetite audiences have for sentimental corn should never be underestimated.
- Alexander's Ragtime Band is pure corn but rather tasty all the same.
Phrases
corn on the cob
Maize when cooked and eaten straight from the cob.
（煮食的）玉米棒子- Serve with steak fries, corn on the cob (you can do that on the grill, too), and the simplest salad you can think of.
- While the food is unpretentious - steak, corn on the cob, beans, cowboy coffee - it's fresh and of top-drawer quality, and nobody goes away hungry.
- This dish is pure luxury: a glorious pile of clams, mussels, corn on the cob, spicy sausage, and a bright-red lobster, all roasted on a bed of seaweed and served table-side.
- If you like sweetcorn, try the corn on the cob - it was delicious, all barbecued and crispy.
- Dad barbecued some steaks, and Mom made potato salad and corn on the cob.
- Around her, hundreds of people were also enjoying barbecue beef sandwiches and corn on the cob.
- We had herbed chicken, beef brisket, chili beans, fruit salad and corn on the cob.
- My Mom is making an All-American meal: burgers, corn on the cob, freshly made fries, and apple pie.
- My eyes nearly popped out of my head when I saw that dinner for the evening was to consist of rough hewn pork, corn on the cob, a messy cabbage-type salad and what I presumed were beef cutlets.
- The ‘pearly whites’ of the corn on the cob, burst sweetly and milkily in your mouth straight off - roasting this variety, at least, was unnecessary.
Origin
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koren and German Korn.
Corn, meaning ‘the seed of wheat and similar plants’, is an Old English word whose root may date back as far as farming itself. The modern sense of corny is a development of an earlier sense, dating from the 1930s, that described something, especially music, of a simple and unsophisticated type that appealed to people living in the country. Kernel (Old English) is based on corn and was originally a ‘little corn or seed’. The other kind of corn (Late Middle English), the small area of thickened horn-like skin on your foot, comes from Latin cornu ‘horn’. Cornu, which could also mean ‘tip’ or ‘corner’, is the source too of corner (Middle English)—you can think of a corner as the part of something that sticks out or forms the tip.
The trumpet-like cornet (Late Middle English) is now made from brass, but it was originally a wind instrument made out of a horn, and Latin cornu is again the source. The early 20th century ice-cream cornet gets its name because it resembles that of the instrument. One brand of ice cream is called a Cornetto (‘little horn’), and this Italian word was also the name of an old musical instrument, a straight or curved wooden wind instrument with finger holes and a cup-shaped mouthpiece. See also horn
Rhymes
adorn, born, borne, bourn, Braun, brawn, dawn, drawn, faun, fawn, forborne, forewarn, forlorn, freeborn, lawn, lorn, morn, mourn, newborn, Norn, outworn, pawn, prawn, Quorn, sawn, scorn, Sean, shorn, spawn, suborn, sworn, thorn, thrawn, torn, Vaughan, warn, withdrawn, worn, yawn
corn2
noun kɔːnkɔrn
A small, painful area of thickened skin on the foot, especially on the toes, caused by pressure.
钉胼，鸡眼- A variety of products are available over-the-counter for the treatment of common foot problems, such as athlete's foot, onychomycosis, foot pain, corns, warts and bunions.
- His feet did not sweat normally and he had huge corns over his weight-bearing areas of the big toe, the heel, and the heads of the deep bones of the toes.
- Most boot related injuries are the same injuries that wearing any tight, stiff shoe can cause, meaning corns, calluses, blisters, and bone spurs.
- In addition, soaking your feet in warm water or with Epsom salts can alleviate painful corns and calluses.
- She wore cheap tennis shoes with holes cut out for corns or bunions, something painful.
- Common problems are bunions, hammer toes, corns and pain in the balls of the feet.
- Deepika is my foot guru who, in half an hour, will transform my unattractive foot complete with corns, calluses and untidy-looking toes into a thing of beauty.
- Metatarsal pads can also be used to change the alignment of the toes to relieve pressure on soft corns.
- See your doctor if you have foot pain or corns, or if you can't trim your toenails well.
- But Mrs Ruthven warns the fad could lead to corns, bunions, calluses, claw toes, hammer toes - even arthritis and lower back problems.
- How many corns, bunions, ingrowing toenails, pads of rock-hard skin and blisters are hidden away under tights and woolly socks?
- From my 25th year, I have been suffering from corns on the feet.
- See your regular doctor or a foot-care specialist for calluses, corns, bunions or warts.
- Maybe they would have given me blisters or bunions or corns.
- On the toes, reactions to a pressure point are called corns.
- The accessories that come with it: corns, hammertoes, bunions, ingrown toe nails, calluses, and the list goes on.
- By choosing appropriate footwear and keeping feet free of blisters, calluses and corns, we increase the body's general well being.
- That Bo Jackson, he can do anything, I once went to a brunch with him and my feet were covered with corns and after a handshake with him they were gone.
- Wearing improperly fitting shoes on a daily basis causes foot problems such as calluses, corns, hammertoes, bunions, and more.
- Bunions, blisters and corns sound gruesome - and they are.
Origin
Late Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from Latin cornu 'horn'.
corn1
nounkɔrnkôrn
1A North American cereal plant that yields large grains, or kernels, set in rows on a cob. Its many varieties yield numerous products, highly valued for both human and livestock consumption.
Zea mays, family Gramineae; it was domesticated before 5000 BC, although the wild ancestor is unidentified
Also called Indian corn- Having grown up on a working farm I can tell you that much, if not most, corn grown is for livestock feed and not humans.
- Initially corn was a garden plant valued for early maturity and easy food preparation.
- The kernel is the fruit produced from the corn flower, and each kernel contains an embryo that may develop into a new corn plant.
- So no special corn varieties have had to be planted just for ethanol production, Nelson says.
- The problem is that human beings are not like stalks of corn planted in poor soil.
- To scout for bacterial soft rot fungal injury in corn, dissect the plant down to the growing point.
- The best land in America produces two low-value commodity crops that are rarely directly consumed by humans - corn and soybeans.
- Although APHIS inspectors saw the corn plants and told the farmer to remove them before the soybean field was harvested, that didn't happen.
- According to Goldberg, 75% of the corn planted this year will be of the conventional variety.
- In addition to providing food, the corn plants were used to make a variety of other goods.
- It seems that everyone is talking about ethanol these days, spurring great expectations for corn and grain producers.
- One-quarter of all corn planted in the United States is now modified to produce the Bt toxin.
- In fact, ginseng was one of the first plants traded at a profit by early European pioneers in North America, not better known plants like corn and tobacco.
- A relatively colorless oil, it is produced by pressing the endosperm of the corn kernel.
- I don't hunt, climb mountains or go around planting stray stalks of corn.
- He pocketed the money he would have spent on buying the heavy metal, as well as his labor to plant and harvest the corn.
- In the present study, corn plants were not partitioned into grain, cob, stalk, and leaves.
- The corn carries a mutant gene that confers resistance to a specific herbicide, leaving the corn plant unharmed when treated with this herbicide.
- Much of the corn was planted last week in Phelps County and a good amount was planted in Gosper County.
- Even if we plant the seeds like corn and beans too early they will go bad before they have a chance to germinate.
sweetcorn, maize, corn on the cob, indian corn- 1.1 The grains of corn.谷粒creamed corntwo ears of corn
- Two ears of Long Island corn, slathered in butter and salt.
- Christopher says his biggest failure was cream corn.
- His challenge was to eat creamed corn and cod liver oil.
- Using a grater set over a bowl, grate the corn kernels off the cobs.
- Popcorn has never tasted so good to Lavonne Sanders, an entrepreneur who has turned popping golden kernels of corn into a lucrative business venture.
- Cover the kernels with the corn stock by one inch, reserving the remaining stock for the garnish.
- In a pot, bring cream, milk and corn to a boil.
- Indigenous Mexicans believe that God created humanity from an ear of corn and call themselves ‘people of maize’.
- I waded through enough surf-and-turfs and enough creamed corn to last a lifetime.
- I look over at Mory, who is pushing around a corn kernel with her fork.
- By sticking an ear of dried corn on top, he lured squirrels to charge up the board and then spin around for a dizzying ride.
- Add the corn kernels, garlic, and shallot and sauté until tender, about 30 seconds.
- Had my child not been in my arms, I probably would have dragged you out of your cart and shoved my ear of hot buttered corn down your red neck.
- As she walked into the kitchen The Captain was just in the process of heaping handfuls of the kernels into the corn popper that was already heated up.
- Push the corn kernels to the side of the pan; add the sugar and allow the sugar to caramelize.
- Zein is a corn protein making up about half of the protein found in the corn kernel.
- The moisture inside the corn kernels was expanding, violently bursting out of the hard shells.
- There were separate spoons for soup, corn, and ice cream.
- Lin served Lannie; dinner consisted of roast beef, cream corn, beans, mashed potatoes and a tall glass of tropical Kool-aid.
- Add the corn kernels and simmer until tender, about five minutes.
grain, cereal, cereal crop - 1.2British The chief cereal crop of a district, especially (in England) wheat or (in Scotland) oats.〈主英〉谷物；（英格兰）小麦；（苏格兰）燕麦
- To a European, corn covers all the cereal crops - wheat, barley, oat, and so on.
- Peas, beans or carrots also formed part of the diet, plus corn, i.e. oats or maize.
grain, cereal, cereal crop
2informal Something banal or sentimental.
〈非正式〉陈腐的东西，过时货；感伤的东西the movie is pure corn这部电影太老一套了。
- The appetite audiences have for sentimental corn should never be underestimated.
- God, will I forever be forced to deal with this massive amount of cheese and corn from now on…?
- Alexander's Ragtime Band is pure corn but rather tasty all the same.
Phrases
corn on the cob
Corn when cooked and eaten straight from the cob; an ear of corn.
（煮食的）玉米棒子- While the food is unpretentious - steak, corn on the cob, beans, cowboy coffee - it's fresh and of top-drawer quality, and nobody goes away hungry.
- Around her, hundreds of people were also enjoying barbecue beef sandwiches and corn on the cob.
- The ‘pearly whites’ of the corn on the cob, burst sweetly and milkily in your mouth straight off - roasting this variety, at least, was unnecessary.
- If you like sweetcorn, try the corn on the cob - it was delicious, all barbecued and crispy.
- We had herbed chicken, beef brisket, chili beans, fruit salad and corn on the cob.
- This dish is pure luxury: a glorious pile of clams, mussels, corn on the cob, spicy sausage, and a bright-red lobster, all roasted on a bed of seaweed and served table-side.
- Serve with steak fries, corn on the cob (you can do that on the grill, too), and the simplest salad you can think of.
- Dad barbecued some steaks, and Mom made potato salad and corn on the cob.
- My Mom is making an All-American meal: burgers, corn on the cob, freshly made fries, and apple pie.
- My eyes nearly popped out of my head when I saw that dinner for the evening was to consist of rough hewn pork, corn on the cob, a messy cabbage-type salad and what I presumed were beef cutlets.
Origin
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koren and German Korn.
corn2
nounkɔrnkôrn
A small, painful area of thickened skin on the foot, especially on the toes, caused by pressure.
钉胼，鸡眼- In addition, soaking your feet in warm water or with Epsom salts can alleviate painful corns and calluses.
- But Mrs Ruthven warns the fad could lead to corns, bunions, calluses, claw toes, hammer toes - even arthritis and lower back problems.
- Deepika is my foot guru who, in half an hour, will transform my unattractive foot complete with corns, calluses and untidy-looking toes into a thing of beauty.
- Wearing improperly fitting shoes on a daily basis causes foot problems such as calluses, corns, hammertoes, bunions, and more.
- See your doctor if you have foot pain or corns, or if you can't trim your toenails well.
- Common problems are bunions, hammer toes, corns and pain in the balls of the feet.
- She wore cheap tennis shoes with holes cut out for corns or bunions, something painful.
- From my 25th year, I have been suffering from corns on the feet.
- Most boot related injuries are the same injuries that wearing any tight, stiff shoe can cause, meaning corns, calluses, blisters, and bone spurs.
- On the toes, reactions to a pressure point are called corns.
- Maybe they would have given me blisters or bunions or corns.
- A variety of products are available over-the-counter for the treatment of common foot problems, such as athlete's foot, onychomycosis, foot pain, corns, warts and bunions.
- How many corns, bunions, ingrowing toenails, pads of rock-hard skin and blisters are hidden away under tights and woolly socks?
- His feet did not sweat normally and he had huge corns over his weight-bearing areas of the big toe, the heel, and the heads of the deep bones of the toes.
- The accessories that come with it: corns, hammertoes, bunions, ingrown toe nails, calluses, and the list goes on.
- Bunions, blisters and corns sound gruesome - and they are.
- See your regular doctor or a foot-care specialist for calluses, corns, bunions or warts.
- That Bo Jackson, he can do anything, I once went to a brunch with him and my feet were covered with corns and after a handshake with him they were gone.
- Metatarsal pads can also be used to change the alignment of the toes to relieve pressure on soft corns.
- By choosing appropriate footwear and keeping feet free of blisters, calluses and corns, we increase the body's general well being.
Origin
Late Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from Latin cornu ‘horn’.