maize

maize — noun

1. a tall plant with broad green leaves that produces yellow or white seeds (kernel

1.名詞B1
釋義

a tall plant with broad green leaves that produces yellow or white seeds (kernels) on long ears. People use the seeds for food — boiling, roasting, or grinding them into flour — and also feed them to farm animals.

例句

Ilan's family grows maize on their farm in Kenya and sells it locally.

collocation: grow maize

Every autumn, the farmers near our village harvest the maize before the heavy rains begin.

collocation: harvest maize

同義詞
  • corn

    The common term in American, Australian, and New Zealand English for the same plant and grain; in British English, corn can also refer to wheat or other cereal grains.

文法句型

maize + verb (uncountable)

a type / variety of maize

ear / cob of maize

用法筆記

In American English, this crop is usually called corn. In British English and in formal or scientific contexts, maize is the standard term. The grain itself is uncountable (some maize), but you can refer to a single plant or type as countable (a maize, several maizes).

常見錯誤

❌I bought three corns from the supermarket.
✅I bought three ears of corn / three cobs of maize.
💡Corn and maize are uncountable for the grain; use ear or cob to refer to whole structures.