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grain/ɡrein/ n. & v.●n. 1 a fruit or seed of a cereal 谷粒；谷物 2a (collect. 集合名词) wheat or any allied grass used as food, corn 麦粒；谷粒；谷物 b (collect. 集合名词) their fruit 颖果 c any particular species of corn 谷类植物 3a a small hard particle of salt, sand, etc. (盐砂等的)小硬粒颗粒；细粒 b a discrete particle or crystal, usu. small, in a rock or metal (通常小的)晶粒；粒 c a piece of solid propellant for use in a rocket engine (火箭发动机使用的) (火)药柱 4 the smallest unit of weight in the troy and avoidrupois systems, equal to 1/5760 of a pound troy and 1/7000 of a pound avoirdupois (approx. 0.0648 grams) (最小重量单位)格令(约等于 0.0648 克) 5 the smallest possible quantity 微量；一丁点儿 not a grain of truth in it 其中无丝毫真实性 6a roughness of surface 粗糙面；粒面 b Photog. a granular appearance on a photograph or negative 【摄】(照片、底片上的)颗粒 7 the texture of skin, wood, stone, fabric, etc.; the arrangement and size of constituent particles (皮、木、石、织物等的)质地；肌理 8a a pattern of lines of fibre in wood or paper (毛、纸的)纹理 b lamination or planes of cleavage in stone, coal, etc. (石、煤等的)解理面；劈理面 9 nature, temper, tendency 特性；脾气；癖性 10a hist. kermes or cochineal, or dye made from either of these [史义]胭脂；胭脂虫红 b poet. dye; colour [诗]染料；颜色 ●v. 1 tr. paint in imitation of the grain of wood or marble 漆成木纹(或大理石纹) 2 tr. give a granular surface to 使表面粗糙 3 tr. dye in grain 用胭脂红染 4 tr. & intr. form into grains (使)成粒状 5 tr. remove hair from (hides) 刮去(皮上的)毛 □ against the grain (often in phr. 常用于短语 go against the grain) contrary to one's natural inclination or feeling 格格不入；违反意愿 □ in grain thorough, genuine, by nature, downright, indelible 十足的；真正的；天生的；彻头彻尾的；不退色的 □ grained adj. (also in comb. 亦用于复合词)□ grainer n.□ grainless adj.[Middle English via Old French from Latin granum] |