Corn

(noun.) something sentimental or trite; 'that movie was pure corn'.

(noun.) ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food.

(noun.) tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times.

(noun.) (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland).

(noun.) the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal.

(noun.) a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes.

(verb.) preserve with salt; 'corned beef'.

(verb.) feed (cattle) with corn.

录入:保拉

• To encourage tillage, by keeping up the price of corn, even in the most plentiful years, was the avowed end of the institution. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Plain and hill, stream and corn-field, were discernible below, while we unimpeded sped on swift and secure, as a wild swan in his spring-tide flight. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I am simply blighted--like a damaged ear of corn--the business is done and can't be undone. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Then a machine was needed and invented to wind the corn-brush with the cord or wire and tie it in a round bunch, preparatory to flattening and sewing it. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He is a corn merchant this year, and a wine merchant the next, and a sugar, tobacco, or tea merchant the year after. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Corn is a necessary, silver is only a superfluity. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• He was out on his pony yesterday, looking at our corn. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• However, I made a shift to go forward, till I came to a part of the field where the corn had been laid by the rain and wind. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Here I walked on for some time, but could see little on either side, it being now near harvest, and the corn rising at least forty feet. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• A very few words will sufficiently explain all that I have to say concerning the other three branches of the corn trade. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

整理:帕斯夸里