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rice 音标拼音: [r'ɑɪs] n. 米,饭,稻
vt. 舂(米) 米,饭,稻舂(米) rice n 1: grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished 2: annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper 3: English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber ( born in 1944) [ synonym: { Rice}, { Sir Tim Rice}, { Timothy Miles Bindon Rice}] 4: United States playwright ( 1892- 1967) [ synonym: { Rice}, { Elmer Rice}, { Elmer Leopold Rice}, { Elmer Reizenstein}] v 1: sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice; " rice the potatoes" Rice \ Rice\, n. [ F. riz ( cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr. ???, ???, probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. br[ imac] zi, akin to Skr. vr[ imac] hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. { Rye}.] ( Bot.) A well- known cereal grass ({ Oryza sativa}) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed. [ 1913 Webster] { Ant rice}. ( Bot.) See under { Ant}. { French rice}. ( Bot.) See { Amelcorn}. { Indian rice}., a tall reedlike water grass ({ Zizania aquatica}), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain, much used for food by North American Indians. It is common in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also { water oat}, { Canadian wild rice}, etc. { Mountain rice}, any species of an American genus ({ Oryzopsis}) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice. { Rice bunting}. ( Zool.) Same as { Ricebird}. { Rice hen} ( Zool.), the Florida gallinule. { Rice mouse} ( Zool.), a large dark- colored field mouse ({ Calomys palistris}) of the Southern United States. { Rice paper}, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a large herb ({ Fatsia papyrifera}, related to the ginseng) into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under pressure. Called also { pith paper}. { Rice troupial} ( Zool.), the bobolink. { Rice water}, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small quantity of rice in water. { Rice- water discharge} ( Med.), a liquid, resembling rice water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from the bowels, in cholera. { Rice weevil} ( Zool.), a small beetle ({ Calandra oryzae}, or { Sitophilus oryzae}) which destroys rice, wheat, and Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also { black weevil}. [ 1913 Webster] |
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