- (British English) [uncountable]
any plant that is grown for its grain, such as wheat; the grain of these plants （小麦等）谷物；谷粒 a field of corn 一片庄稼 ears/sheaves of corn 谷穗；一捆捆的谷物 corn-fed chicken 用谷物饲养的鸡 The corn is still green. 谷物还未成熟。 a field of standing corn 一片未割的谷物
Collocations FarmingTopics Farmingb1Farming 农场经营 Growing food and raising animals 种植粮食和饲养动物 - plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
植树；播种；种庄稼；种植葡萄树；种大麦 - grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
种植／生产玉米／小麦／大米／水果 - plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
耕地；犁田 - sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
播种／收获谷粒／农作物／庄稼 - spread manure/fertilizer on something
给…施撒粪肥／肥料 - cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
耕作／灌溉／浇灌／污染庄稼／植物／田地／土地 - damage/destroy/lose your crop
损害／毁坏／损失农作物 - ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
催熟／采摘水果／浆果／葡萄 - press/dry/ferment grapes
压榨／晾干／发酵葡萄 - grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
磨／打谷物／玉米／小麦 - raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
饲养鸡／家禽／牛／猪 - raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
饲养／喂养／放养家畜／牛／羊 - kill/slaughter livestock
屠宰家畜 - preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
防腐保存／熏／加工贮藏／用盐腌制肉
Modern farming 现代农场经营 - run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
从事集约型（生猪／渔业）养殖 - use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
使用（化学／有机）肥料／杀虫剂 - begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
开始／进行转基因作物的田间试验 - grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
种植／研发转基因作物／种子／植物／粮食 - fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
资助／投资基因工程／研究 - improve/increase crop yields
提高／增加粮食产量 - face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
面临／遭受／缓解食物短缺 - label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
给含有转基因生物的食品贴标签 - eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
取消／减少农业补贴 - oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
反对工厂化养殖／转基因食品 - promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
促进／鼓励／支持有机／可持续农耕
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ripe
- green
- young
- …
- ear
- sheaf
- bag
- …
- grow
- sow
- cut
- …
- grow
- field
- harvest
- mill
- …
- (North American English) (British English maize)[uncountable]
a tall plant grown for its large yellow grains that are used for making flour or eaten as a vegetable; the grains of this plant 玉蜀黍；玉米 
The major crops are wheat, barley and corn. 主要农作物是小麦、大麦和玉米。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- field
- Indian
- sweet
- …
- ear
- bushel
- field
- …
- plant
- grow
- produce
- …
- grow
- field
- crop
- harvest
- …
- corn on the cob
- (North American English) (British English sweetcorn)[uncountable]
the yellow seeds of a type of corn (maize) plant, also called corn, which grow on thick stems and are cooked and eaten as a vegetable 玉米 
fresh corn and arugula salad 新鲜玉米和芝麻菜沙拉
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- field
- Indian
- sweet
- …
- ear
- bushel
- field
- …
- plant
- grow
- produce
- …
- grow
- field
- crop
- harvest
- …
- corn on the cob
- [countable]
a small area of hard skin on the foot, especially the toe, that is sometimes painful （尤指脚趾上的）钉胼，鸡眼 See your doctor if you have foot pain or corns. 如果你有脚痛或鸡眼，去看医生。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + corn- have
- suffer from
- treat
- …
Word Originsenses 1 to 3 Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koren and German Korn.sense 4 late Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from Latin cornu ‘horn’.