corn

トウモロコシ

普通は黄色い大きな粒を持ち、加熱したり粉にしたりして食べる穀物。

やさしい英語で： A food grain with large, usually yellow seeds, often eaten cooked or ground into flour.

• We ate corn with dinner.
• She added corn to the soup.
• Would you like butter on your corn?

類義語： maize

よく使う表現： sweet corn, corn on something, corn flour

トウモロコシ

食用になる大きな黄色い粒を実らせる、背の高い植物。

やさしい英語で： A tall plant that produces large yellow seeds used as food.

• We planted corn this spring.
• The corn grew taller than the fence.
• Farmers harvest corn in the autumn.

類義語： maize

よく使う表現： grow corn, corn field, plant corn

魚の目

足や足の指にできる、小さく硬い皮膚の厚み。痛むことが多い。

やさしい英語で： A small, hard, often painful area of thick skin, usually on a toe or foot.

• This corn hurts when I walk.
• Tight shoes can cause corns.
• She had a corn removed from her toe.

使い方： a corn on something (I have a corn on my little toe.)

類義語： clavus

よく使う表現： painful corn, corn plaster, corn on something

穀物

小麦、大麦、オート麦など、食用に育てる穀物。

やさしい英語で： Grain grown for food, such as wheat, barley, or oats.

• The farmer sold his corn.
• The mill turns corn into flour.
• Rain damaged the corn harvest.

類義語： grain, cereal

よく使う表現： corn harvest, corn merchant, corn mill

粒状にする

物質を小さな粒にすること。

やさしい英語で： To make a substance into small grains.

• The workers corn the powder.
• The mixture was corned before drying.
• They corned the gunpowder into evenly sized grains.

使い方： corn something (Workers corned the damp gunpowder.)

類義語： granulate

よく使う表現： corn gunpowder, corn the mixture

穀物を与える

動物に餌として穀物を食べさせること。

やさしい英語で： To give an animal grain to eat.

• They corn the horses every morning.
• The farmer corned his cattle before sunrise.
• Who will corn the animals tonight?

類義語： feed

よく使う表現： corn the horses, corn the cattle