millet

英 [ˈmɪl.ɪt]      美 [ˈmɪl.ɪt]
  • n. 小米;粟;稷;黍的子实
  • n. (Millet)人名;(西)米列特;(法)米勒;(英)米利特
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millet..........米粒它.................小米
millet 黍类,粟

来自拉丁语milium,黍类,粟,词源同mill,mallet.

millet (n.)
cereal grain, c. 1400, from Middle French millet, diminutive of mil "millet," from Latin milium "millet" (see mallet). Cognate with Greek meline, Lithuanian malnus (plural) "millet."
1. The maize and millet were just putting forth ears.
玉米和谷子正在抽穗.
2. In the 1970 s, prices of millet, sorghum, and cowpeas rose faster than those of groundnuts.
七十年代, 小米, 高粱和豇豆的价格上涨得比花生的快.
3. Millet is cultivated in the middle or lower reaches of the Yellow River.
在黄河中下游地区,人们种植谷子.
4. I bought two bowls of glutinous millet paste at the temple fair.
在庙会上,我买了两碗茶汤.
5. Buy: Mung beans, Sesame, Dry chilli, Millet, soybean, Red kidney bean.
采购: 绿豆, 芝麻, 干辣椒, 粟, 大豆, 红芸豆.