rice
noun/raɪs/
/raɪs/
[uncountable]- short, narrow white or brown grain grown on wet land in hot countries as food; the plant that produces this grain
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大米;稻米;稻 - a grain of rice
一粒大米 - boiled/steamed/fried rice
煮饭;蒸饭;炒饭 - long-/short-grain rice
长粒/短粒稻米 - sticky/basmati/wild rice
粘米/印度香米/野米 - brown rice (= without its outer layer removed)
糙米 - rice paddies (= rice fields)
稻田 - a spicy rice dish
香辣米饭 - rice flour/noodles/cakes
米粉/面条/糕点 - There is no need to keep the rice field flooded.
没有必要让稻田被淹。 - The dish is served with rice.
这道菜配米饭。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brown
- red
- white
- …
- grain
- bag
- sack
- …
- cultivate
- grow
- produce
- …
- crop
- production
- farmer
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Greek oruza. - a grain of rice