grain
noun uk/ɡreɪn/ us/ɡreɪn/
(SEED)
C2 [ C or U ]（尤指像稻谷、小麦等像草一样的植物的）谷粒，颖果，谷（物）
a seed or seeds from a plant, especially a plant like a grass such as rice or wheat
grains of wheat/rice 麦／米粒
Grain (= the crop from food plants like grasses) is one of the main exports of the American Midwest. 谷物是美国中西部地区主要的出口商品。
See also: wholegrain
- More examples
- European countries are quite aggressive subsidizers of grain exports.
- A few chickens were scratching around in the yard for grain.
- The grain is still milled locally.
- A tornado destroyed grain crops across much of the Midwest.
- A surplus of corn has helped depress the grain market.
(SMALL PIECE)
C2 [ C ]细粒，颗粒
a very small piece of a hard substance
grains of sand 沙粒
C2 [ S ]一点儿;微量，少量
a very small amount of a particular quality
There wasn't a grain of truth in anything she said. 她无论说什么都没有半句实话在里面。
Anyone with a grain of common sense would have known what to do. 稍微有一点常识的人都会知道应该做什么。
(PHOTOGRAPH)
[ C or U ]（照片、底片的）显影颗粒
the pattern of extremely small spots of black and white or colour, that form a photographic or film image, or one of these small spots
fine/coarse-grain film 显影颗粒细（粗）的胶卷
(WOOD/CLOTH)
the grain[ S ] （木头和织物等的）纹理
the natural patterns of lines in the surface of wood or cloth
to cut something along/against the grain 顺着纹理／横对着纹路切开某物
(WEIGHT)
[ C ] old-fashioned格令（质量单位，等于0.0648克）
a unit of mass, equal to 0.0648 grams
Idiom
go against the grainidiom C2 不正常，违反常理；与…格格不入
If something goes against the grain, you would not usually do it because it would be unusual.
These days it goes against the grain to show too much respect for authority. 如今尊重权威反而不正常了。