Grain

(noun.) the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; 'saw the board across the grain'.

(noun.) the smallest possible unit of anything; 'there was a grain of truth in what he said'; 'he does not have a grain of sense'.

(noun.) foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses.

(noun.) a relatively small granular particle of a substance; 'a grain of sand'; 'a grain of sugar'.

(noun.) a cereal grass; 'wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas'.

(noun.) dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn.

(noun.) 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams.

(noun.) 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams.

(noun.) a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat.

(noun.) the side of leather from which the hair has been removed.

(verb.) paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood.

录入:温思罗普

• In agriculture the raising of grain has extended in the Nineteenth Century to enormous proportions. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• On a meat dietary men can live without salt, but grain-consuming people need it just as herbivorous animals need it. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In a recent and more restricted sense, it is applied to a machine that cuts grain, separates it into gavels, and binds it. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Not a grain, said Tom. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• But this one living grain in him matched the perfect youth in her. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Italy claims the honour among European nations of first introducing a machine for sowing grain. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• On another occasion he encountered a more novel peril by falling into the pile of wheat in a grain elevator and being almost smothered. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Somewhat as a house is composed of a group of bricks, or a sand heap of grains of sand, the human body is composed of small divisions called cells. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• As you say, there appear to be grains of sawdust in it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The wind blows about the sands of the desert; the position of the grains is changed. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• When dry, dip the paper into a solution of iodide of potassium, containing 500 grains dissolved in 1 pint of water, and let it remain in the solution two or three minutes. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• They cultivated n umerous vegetables, grains, fruits, and flowers. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• In alluvial deposits it is extracted by washing, in dust grains, lamin? or nuggets. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• When it is desired to color the lips add 20 grains of carmine. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• The whitening is done by boiling the pins in a large copper kettle, which also contains layers of grained tin and a solution of argol or bitartrate of potash. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• When thoroughly dry it is grained with a toothed instrument on the flesh side and bruised on the grain or hair side for the purpose of softening the leather. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Her cross-grained pet greyhound was in the room, and I fully expected a barking and snapping reception. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Though a hard-grained man, close, dry, and silent, he can enjoy old wine with the best. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• As he opened the door the cross-grained greyhound poked out her sharp muzzle from under the sofa, and barked and snapped at him. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The wood of apple trees is hard, close-grained and often richly colored, and is suitable for turning or cabinet work. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• A further process of paring and graining makes it ready for waxing or coloring, in which oil and lampblack are used on the flesh side. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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