short, narrow white or brown grain grown on wet land in hot countries as food; the plant that produces this grain 大米;稻米;稻 a grain of rice 一粒大米 boiled/steamed/fried rice 煮饭;蒸饭;炒饭 long-/short-grain rice 长粒/短粒稻米 sticky/basmati/wild rice 糯米/香米/野生稻 brown rice (= without its outer layer removed) 糙米 rice paddies (= rice fields) 稻田 a spicy rice dish 香辣米饭 rice flour/noodles/cakes 米粉/面条/蛋糕 There is no need to keep the rice field flooded. 稻田没必要一直淹着。 The dish is served with rice. 这道菜配有米饭。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brown
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- grain
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Greek oruza.