GMAT 06

Question 1

leu·ke·mia

noun

\lü-ˈkē-mē-ə\

Answer 1

n.<医>白血病(俗称血癌)

— leu·ke·mic -mik\ adjective or noun

Question 2

le·ver

noun

\ˈle-vər\

Answer 2

1. N-COUNT See also: gear lever （操作机械的）杆，柄，把手 A lever is a handle or bar that is attached to a piece of machinery and which you push or pull in order to operate the machinery.
   Push the tiny lever on the lock…
   按一下锁上的小柄。
   The taps have a lever to control the mix of hot and cold water.
   水阀上有一个手柄控制冷热水。
2. N-COUNT 杠杆；撬棒 A lever is a long bar, one end of which is placed under a heavy object so that when you press down on the other end you can move the object.
3. VERB 撬动；撬起；用力移动 If you lever something in a particular direction, you move it there, especially by using a lot of effort.
   Neighbours eventually levered open the door with a crowbar…
   邻居们最终用一根铁撬把门撬开了。
   Insert the fork about 6in. from the root and simultaneously lever it backwards…
   将耙子插入到离根部约6英寸的地方并同时向后扳。
4. N-COUNT （用作施加压力等的）手段，方法 A lever is an idea or action that you can use to make people do what you want them to do, rather than what they want to do.
   Radical, militant factions want to continue using the hostages as a lever to gain concessions from the west.
   激进的好战派想要继续利用人质作筹码来换取西方的让步。

Question 3

levy

noun

\ˈle-vē\

Answer 3

1. N-COUNT 征收额；税款 A levy is a sum of money that you have to pay, for example as a tax to the government.
   …an annual motorway levy on all drivers.
   以所有司机为征收对象的高速公路年税
2. VERB 征收，课征（税款等） If a government or organization levies a tax or other sum of money, it demands it from people or organizations.
   They levied religious taxes on Christian commercial transactions…
   他们对基督徒的商业交易征收宗教税。
   Taxes should not be levied without the authority of Parliament.
   未经议会授权不得征税。

Question 4

lex·i·cog·ra·pher

noun

\ˌlek-sə-ˈkä-grə-fər\

Answer 4

n.词典编纂者

Question 5

li·a·bil·i·ty

noun

\ˌlī-ə-ˈbi-lə-tē\

Answer 5

1. N-COUNT 累赘；负累；负担 If you say that someone or something is a liability, you mean that they cause a lot of problems or embarrassment.
   As the president’s prestige continues to fall, they’re clearly beginning to consider him a liability.
   随着总统的声望持续下跌，他们显然开始视他为负累。
   …what was once a vote catching policy, is now a political liability.
   这一曾经吸引选票的政策，如今成了政治上的负累。
2. N-COUNT 负债；债务 A company’s or organization’s liabilities are the sums of money which it owes.
   The company had assets of $138 million and liabilities of $120.5 million.
   这家公司资产为1.38亿美元，负债为1.205亿美元。

Question 6

lik·en

verb

\ˈlī-kən\

Answer 6

1. VERB 把…比作；把…比拟为 If you liken one thing or person to another thing or person, you say that they are similar.
   She likens marriage to slavery…
   她把婚姻比作奴役。
   The pain is often likened to being drilled through the side of the head.
   这种疼痛常被比作钻头钻入头部的感觉。

<he generally likened a root canal to some horrible form of torture>

<I think that we can liken the two pianists, at least in terms of natural talent.>

Question 7

lime·stone

noun

\ˈlīm-ˌstōn\

Answer 7

1. N-MASS 灰岩；石灰岩 Limestone is a whitish-coloured rock which is used for building and for making cement.
   …high limestone cliffs…
   高耸的石灰岩峭壁
   The local limestone is very porous.
   当地的石灰岩有很多孔隙。

Question 8

lin·go

noun

\ˈliŋ-(ˌ)gō\

Answer 8

1. N-COUNT （尤指不会说或听不懂的）外国语，外国话 People sometimes refer to a foreign language, especially one that they do not speak or understand, as a lingo.
   I don’t speak the lingo.
   我不会说这种语言。
2. N-UNCOUNT 行话；隐语 A lingo is a range of words or a style of language which is used in a particular situation or by a particular group of people.
   In record-business lingo, that means he wanted to buy the rights to the song and market it.
   用唱片业的行话来说，就是他想买下那首歌曲的版权，然后包装推出。
   …an author who writes in a lurid lingo, freely punctuated with crude expletives.
   文笔间充斥着低俗的暗语和随兴插入的粗话的作者

Question 9

lin·guist

noun

\ˈliŋ-gwist\

Answer 9

1. N-COUNT 通晓数国语言的人 A linguist is someone who is good at speaking or learning foreign languages.
   Her brother was an accomplished linguist.
   她的哥哥能熟练地说好几种语言。
2. N-COUNT 语言学家 A linguist is someone who studies or teaches linguistics.

Question 10

lin·guis·tics

noun pl but singular in constr

\liŋ-ˈgwis-tiks\

Answer 10

n.语言学； 语言的， 语言学的， 语言研究的( linguistic的名词复数 )

Question 11

li·on·ize

verb

\ˈlī-ə-ˌnīz\

Answer 11

1. VERB 把…视作要人；把…奉为名人 If someone is lionized, they are treated as if they are very important or special by a particular group of people, often when they do not really deserve to be.
   in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 lionise
   By the 1920’s, he was lionised by literary London…
   到了20世纪20年代，他成为伦敦文学界的宠儿。
   The press began to lionize him enthusiastically…
   媒体开始狂热地吹捧他。

— li·on·i·za·tion \ˌlī-ə-nə-ˈzā-shən\ noun
— li·on·iz·er \ˈlī-ə-ˌnī-zər\ noun

Question 12

lip·id

noun

\ˈli-pəd\

Answer 12

n.<生化>脂质

— li·pid·ic \li-ˈpi-dik\ adjective

Question 13

li·po·pro·tein

noun

-ˈprō-ˌtēn\

Answer 13

n.<生化>脂蛋白

Question 14

liq·ui·date

verb

\ˈli-kwə-ˌdāt\

Answer 14

n.清偿； 结算； 清算； 清除

— liq·ui·da·tion \ˌli-kwə-ˈdā-shən\ noun

The owners were ordered to liquidate the company and pay their creditors.

The company is liquidating its assets.

The owners were ordered to liquidate.

The film is about a professional killer who’s hired to liquidate a powerful businessman.

Question 15

liquidation sale

Answer 15

停业清理拍卖

Question 16

liq·ui·da·tor

noun

\ˈli-kwə-ˌdā-tər\

Answer 16

1. N-COUNT 清算人；公司资产清理人 A liquidator is a person who is responsible for settling the affairs of a company that is being liquidated.

Question 17

list price

Answer 17

1. N-COUNT 价目表价格；制造商定价；建议售价 The list price of an item is the price which the manufacturer suggests that a shopkeeper should charge for it.

Question 18

list·less

adj

\ˈlist-ləs\

Answer 18

1. ADJ-GRADED 无精打采的；倦怠的 Someone who is listless has no energy or enthusiasm.
   He was listless and pale and wouldn’t eat much.
   他无精打采，脸色苍白，食欲不振。
   listlessly: Usually, you would just sit listlessly, too hot to do anything else.通常只能百无聊赖地坐着，天气实在热，根本做不了别的。

— list·less·ly adverb
— list·less·ness noun

Question 19

lit·i·gant

noun

\ˈli-ti-gənt\

Answer 19

1. N-COUNT 诉讼当事人 A litigant is a person who is involved in a civil legal case, either because they are making a formal complaint about someone, or because a complaint is being made about them.

— litigant adjective

Question 20

live show

Answer 20

现场表演

Question 21

live·li·hood

noun

\ˈlīv-lē-ˌhu̇d\

Answer 21

1. N-VAR 营生；生计 Your livelihood is the job or other source of income that gives you the money to buy the things you need.
   …fishermen who depend on the seas for their livelihood…
   靠大海为生的渔夫
   As a result of this conflict he lost both his home and his means of livelihood.
   这场冲突使他同时失去了住所和生计来源。

Question 22

liv·er

noun

\ˈli-vər\

Answer 22

1. N-COUNT （指人体器官）肝，肝脏 Your liver is a large organ in your body which processes your blood and helps to clean unwanted substances out of it.
2. N-VAR （尤指猪、牛、羊等动物供食用的）肝 Liver is the liver of some animals, especially lambs, pigs, and cows, which is cooked and eaten.
   …grilled calves’ liver.
   烤小牛肝

Question 23

live·stock

noun

\ˈlīv-ˌstäk\

Answer 23

1. N-UNCOUNT-COLL （牛、羊等）家畜，牲畜，牲口 Animals such as cattle and sheep which are kept on a farm are referred to as livestock.
   The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.
   暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。

Question 24

loaf

noun

\ˈlōf\

Answer 24

1. N-COUNT 一条（面包） A loaf of bread is bread which has been shaped and baked in one piece. It is usually large enough for more than one person and can be cut into slices.
   The plural form of the noun is loaves. Loafs is the third person singular present tense of the verb. 名词复数为loaves。loafs为动词的第三人称单数现在式。
   …a loaf of crusty bread.
   一条硬皮面包
   …freshly baked loaves.
   新鲜出炉的面包
2. VERB 游荡；闲逛；虚掷光阴 If you loaf, you stand or wait in a place, not doing anything interesting or useful.
   Soldiers loafed at street corners.
   士兵们在街角逛荡。
   Loaf around means the same as loaf .Loaf around同loaf
   We had been at Cambridge together, she studying medicine and me loafing around.
   我们一起在剑桥呆过。她学医，我则无所事事。

Question 25

lob·by·ist

noun

-ist\

Answer 25

1. N-COUNT （对政府或委员会进行游说的） 说客 A lobbyist is someone who tries actively to persuade a government or council that a particular law should be changed or that a particular thing should be done.

lob·by·er noun
lob·by·ism -ˌi-zəm\ noun

lob·by noun \ˈlä-bē\

Question 26

lobe

noun

\ˈlōb\

Answer 26

1. N-COUNT 耳垂 The lobe of your ear is the soft, fleshy part at the bottom.
2. N-COUNT （脑、肺等的）叶；（树叶的）裂片 A lobe is a rounded part of something, for example one of the sections of your brain or lungs, or one of the rounded sections along the edges of some leaves.
   …damage to the temporal lobe of the brain.
   对大脑颞叶的损伤
   -lobed: …a plant with large three-lobed leaves.长有三裂片大叶的植物

Question 27

lo·cale

noun

\lō-ˈkal\

Answer 27

1. N-COUNT 场所；地点 A locale is a small area, for example the place where something happens or where the action of a book or film is set.
   An amusement park is the perfect locale for a bunch of irrepressible youngsters to have all sorts of adventures.
   游乐场是一帮精力过剩的年轻人寻求各种惊险刺激的绝佳场所。

Question 28

lo·co·mo·tion

noun

\ˌlō-kə-ˈmō-shən\

Answer 28

1. N-UNCOUNT 运动（力）；移动（力） Locomotion is the ability to move and the act of moving from one place to another.
   Flight is the form of locomotion that puts the greatest demands on muscles…
   飞行是对肌肉要求最高的运动形式。
   He specialises in the mechanics of locomotion.
   他专攻运动力学。

Question 29

logo·type

noun

\ˈlȯ-gə-ˌtīp\

Answer 29

n.<印刷>成语铅字，连合活字； <印刷>连铸铅字条

Question 30

lon·gev·i·ty

noun

\län-ˈje-və-tē\

Answer 30

1. N-UNCOUNT 长寿；长命 Longevity is long life.
   Human longevity runs in families…
   人类的长寿具有家族遗传性。
   The main characteristic of the strike has been its longevity.
   这次罢工的主要特点是持续时间长。

Question 31

look to

Answer 31

1. PHRASAL VERB 寄望；指望；依靠 If you look to someone or something for a particular thing that you want, you expect or hope that they will provide it.
   The difficulties women encounter with their doctors partly explain why so many of us are looking to alternative therapies.
   我们很多人都寄望于替代疗法，个中原因从女性看医生所遇到的困难可知一二。
2. PHRASAL VERB 展望，思考（将来发生的事） If you look to something that will happen in the future, you think about it.
   Looking to the future, though, we asked him what the prospects are for a vaccine to prevent infection in the first place.
   不过，展望未来，我们问到他研制出防止感染的疫苗究竟有多大的可能性。

Question 32

loom

noun

\ˈlüm\

Answer 32

1. VERB （庞然大物或形状模糊之物）耸现，出现 If something looms over you, it appears as a large or unclear shape, often in a frightening way.
   Vincent loomed over me, as pale and grey as a tombstone.
   文森特赫然耸现在我面前，面色灰白得像一块墓碑。
   …the bleak mountains that loomed out of the blackness and towered around us.
   黑暗中若隐若现、耸立在我们四周的荒山
2. VERB 迫近；逼近；即将爆发 If a worrying or threatening situation or event is looming, it seems likely to happen soon.
   Another government spending crisis is looming in the United States…
   另一场政府开支危机在美国一触即发。
   The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead.
   内战战火重燃的威胁正迫在眉睫。
3. PHRASE （尤指问题或忧虑）挥之不去，萦绕心中，显得突出 If something, especially a problem or worry looms large, it occupies a lot of your thoughts and seems important.
   …the terrible problem of armed crime now looming large in our society…
   已日渐成为我们当今社会一块心病的严重的持械犯罪问题
   As such tensions increase, they loom larger in Russia’s domestic politics.
   这种紧张关系的不断加剧使其在俄罗斯国内政治中愈发凸显。
4. N-COUNT 织机；织布机 A loom is a machine that is used for weaving thread into cloth.

相关词组：loom up

1. PHRASAL VERB （赫然）耸现，耸立；令人惊恐地隐现 If something looms up, it comes into sight as a tall, unclear shape, often in a frightening way.
   The great house loomed up ahead of them.
   大屋赫然耸现在他们面前。

Question 33

lore

noun

\ˈlȯr\

Answer 33

1. N-UNCOUNT 传说；典故 The lore of a particular country or culture is its traditional stories and history.
   …the Book of the Sea, which was stuffed with sailors’ lore.
   尽是有关水手的传说故事的《航海志》
   …ancient Catalan lore.
   古老的加泰罗尼亚传说

Question 34

lot

noun

\ˈlät\

Answer 34

1. QUANT 许多；很多；大量 A lot of something or lots of it is a large amount of it. A lot of people or things, or lots of them, is a large number of them.
   A lot of our land is used to grow crops for export…
   我们有很多土地被用来种植出口作物。
   I remember a lot of things…
   我记得很多事情。
   Lot is also a pronoun.
2. ADV 很；非常 A lot means to a great extent or degree.
   Matthew’s out quite a lot doing his research…
   马修经常外出做研究。
   I like you, a lot…
   我很喜欢你。
3. ADV 常常；往往；长久地 If you do something a lot, you do it often or for a long time.
   They went out a lot, to the Cafe Royal or the The Ivy…
   他们常常出去玩，一般是到皇家咖啡馆或者常春藤那里。
   He talks a lot about his own children.
   他经常谈到自己的孩子。
4. N-COUNT （一）组；（一）批；（一）群 You can use lot to refer to a set or group of things or people.
   He bought two lots of 1,000 shares in the company during August and September…
   他在8月和9月买进了两批这家公司的股票，每次1,000股。
   We’ve just sacked one lot of builders.
   我们刚炒掉一批建筑工人。
5. N-SING （特定的）（一）类（人） You can refer to a specific group of people as a particular lot.
   Future generations are going to think that we were a pretty boring lot.
   未来几代人会觉得我们无趣乏味得很。
6. N-SING （指刚提到的数量的）全部，整个儿 You can use the lot to refer to the whole of an amount that you have just mentioned.
   Instead of using the money to pay his rent, he went to a betting shop and lost the lot in half an hour.
   他没有拿钱去交房租，而是去了投注站，半小时内就把这笔钱全输光了。
7. N-SING 际遇；境况；命运 Your lot is the kind of life you have or the things that you have or experience.
   She tried to accept her marriage as her lot in life but could not…
   她想认命接受这段婚姻，但却做不到。
   Young people are usually less contented with their lot.
   年轻人往往对自己的际遇不甚满意。
8. N-COUNT See also: parking lot （一小块）土地 A lot is a small area of land that belongs to a person or company.
   If oil or gold are discovered under your lot, you can sell the mineral rights.
   如果在你这块地底下发现了石油或金子，你可以把采矿权卖掉。
9. N-COUNT 一件（或成组的一批）拍卖品 A lot in an auction is one of the objects or groups of objects that are being sold.
   The receivers are keen to sell the stores as one lot…
   破产事务官想要将这些店铺打包整体出售。
   The two lots have made just over £3 million.
   这两件拍卖品拍出了300多万英镑的价钱。
10. PHRASE 抽签；抓阄 If people draw lots to decide who will do something, they each take a piece of paper from a container. One or more pieces of paper is marked, and the people who take marked pieces are chosen.
    Two names were selected by drawing lots…
    抽签选出了两个名字。
    For the first time in a World Cup finals, lots had to be drawn to decide who would finish second and third.
    这是世界杯决赛首次用抽签的方法来决定亚军和季军。
11. PHRASE 决心与…共命运；决定与…站在一起 If you throw in your lot with a particular person or group, you decide to work with them and support them from then on, whatever happens.
    He has decided to throw in his lot with the far-right groups in parliament.
    他已决定与议会中的极右团体共进退。

Question 35

lu·mi·nes·cence

noun

-ˈne-sən(t)s\

Answer 35

1. N-UNCOUNT 柔和的光辉；冷光 Luminescence is a soft, glowing light.
   Lights reflected off dust-covered walls creating a ghostly luminescence.
   灯光照在满是灰尘的墙上，反射回苍白的冷光。

— lu·mi·nes·cent -s^ənt\ adjective

Question 36

lu·mi·nos·i·ty

noun

\ˌlü-mə-ˈnä-sə-tē\

Answer 36

1. N-UNCOUNT （恒星等的）光度，亮度 The luminosity of a star or sun is how bright it is.
   For a few years its luminosity flared up to about 10,000 times the present-day luminosity of the Sun.
   它的亮度有几年一度达到了现在太阳亮度的一万倍左右。

Question 37

lu·nar

adj

\ˈlü-nər\

Answer 37

1. ADJ 月球的；月亮的 Lunar means relating to the moon.
   The vast volcanic slope was eerily reminiscent of a lunar landscape.
   开阔的火山坡让人心生怪异地联想起月球的地貌。
   …a magazine article celebrating the anniversary of man’s first lunar landing.
   一篇庆祝人类首次登月周年纪念的杂志文章

Question 38

lush

adj

\ˈləsh\

Answer 38

1. ADJ-GRADED 葱郁的；葱茏的；草木茂盛的 Lush fields or gardens have a lot of very healthy grass or plants.
   …the lush green meadows bordering the river…
   河畔郁郁葱葱的青草地
   The beautifully landscaped gardens sprawl with lush vegetation.
   一个个花园打扮得煞是好看，到处是绿茵茵的植被。
   lushness: …a tropical lushness.热带的葱茏景象
2. ADJ-GRADED 豪华的；奢侈的 If you describe a place or thing as lush, you mean that it is very luxurious.
   …a mirrored bathroom done in soft pink tiles with a lush, plush carpet…
   铺粉色瓷砖和豪华地毯、装有镜子的卫生间
   The fabrics were lush.
   布料奢华。
3. N-COUNT 醉鬼；酒鬼 If you describe someone as a lush, you mean that they drink too much alcohol.

lush adj \ˈləsh\

Question 39

lymph

noun

\ˈlim(p)f\

Answer 39

n.淋巴(液)； 痘苗

Question 40

lym·phat·ic

adj

\lim-ˈfa-tik\

Answer 40

adj.淋巴的； 分泌淋巴的； 输送淋巴的； (指人)苍白无力的

— lym·phat·i·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Question 41

lym·pho·cyte

noun

\ˈlim(p)-fə-ˌsīt\

Answer 41

n.(出现在血液、淋巴液中的)淋巴球，淋巴细胞

— lym·pho·cyt·ic \ˌlim(p)-fə-ˈsi-tik\ adjective

Question 42

lyr·i·cal

adj

\ˈlir-i-kəl\

Answer 42

1. ADJ-GRADED 抒情诗般的；浪漫的；热情奔放的 Something that is lyrical is poetic and romantic.
   His paintings became more lyrical.
   他的画作变得更加热情奔放。
   …its remarkable free-flowing and often lyrical style.
   其令人惊叹的流畅文笔和往往富有诗意的写作风格
   lyrically: I’m trying to show children that it’s lyrically beautiful out there, wherever you live.我想让孩子们知道，在那里无论住在哪里都有诗情画意的美景。to wax lyricalwax

— lyr·i·cal·ly -i-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
— lyr·i·cal·ness -kəl-nəs\ noun

Question 43

ly·sis

noun

\ˈlī-səs\

Answer 43

n.<生>(细胞)溶解

Question 44

ma·caque

noun

\mə-ˈkak\

Answer 44

n.恒河猴，猕猴，叟猴

Question 45

mac·ro·phage

noun

\ˈma-krə-ˌfāj\

Answer 45

n.巨噬细胞

— mac·ro·phag·ic \ˌma-krə-ˈfa-jik\ adjective

Question 46

mag·net·ic

adj

\mag-ˈne-tik\

Answer 46

1. ADJ-GRADED 磁的;磁性的 If something metal is magnetic, it acts like a magnet.
   …magnetic particles.
   磁性微粒
2. ADJ 磁力(作用)的 You use magnetic to describe something that is caused by or relates to the force of magnetism.
   The electrically charged gas particles are affected by magnetic forces.
   带电气体粒子会受磁力影响。
   magnetically: …metal fragments held together magnetically.由于磁力而吸在一起的金属碎片。
3. ADJ 磁化的;带磁性的 You use magnetic to describe tapes and other objects which have a coating of a magnetic substance and contain coded information that can be read by computers or other machines.
   …her magnetic strip ID card.
   她的磁条身份证
   …magnetic recording tape.
   录音磁带
4. ADJ-GRADED 引人注目的;有吸引力的;有魅力的 If you describe something as magnetic, you mean that it is very attractive to people because it has unusual, powerful, and exciting qualities.
   …the magnetic effect of the prosperous German economy on would-be immigrants.
   繁荣的德国经济对未来移民的吸引力
   …the magnetic pull of his looks and her personality.
   他外表的魅力与她个性的魅力

— mag·net·i·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Question 47

mag·ni·tude

noun

\ˈmag-nə-ˌtüd\

Answer 47

1. N-UNCOUNT 巨大;庞大;重要(性) If you talk about the magnitude of something, you are talking about its great size, scale, or importance.
   An operation of this magnitude is going to be difficult…
   这么大的手术实施起来十分困难。
   These are issues of great magnitude…
   这些问题极为重要。
2. N-VAR 星等(指星的亮度);震级;(爆炸的)强度 Magnitude is used in stating the size or extent of something such as a star, earthquake, or explosion.
   …the 1.2 magnitude star Fomalhaut…
   星等为1.2 的北落师门星
   The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 had a magnitude of 8.3.
   1906年旧金山地震的震级为8.3级。
3. PHRASE 程度;重要性 You can use order of magnitude when you are giving an approximate idea of the amount or importance of something.
   America and Russia do not face a problem of the same order of magnitude as Japan.
   美俄两国所面临问题的重要性与日本的不可同日而语。
4. PHRASE 数量级 In mathematics, if one amount is an order of magnitude larger than another, it is ten times larger than the other. If it is two orders of magnitude larger, it is a hundred times larger.
   The time delay would be smaller by eight orders of magnitude.
   如果按8个数量级来看，延时量会显得小一些。

Question 48

maim

verb

\ˈmām\

Answer 48

1. VERB 使终身残疾;使受重伤 To maim someone means to injure them so badly that part of their body is permanently damaged.
   Mines have been scattered in rice paddies and jungles, maiming and killing civilians…
   地雷遍布稻田与林间，很多平民被炸死或炸成重伤。
   One man has lost his life, another has been maimed.
   一名男子丧生，另一名重伤。

— maim·er noun

Question 49

main·stream

noun

\ˈmān-ˌstrēm\

Answer 49

1. N-COUNT （人、活动、思想等的）主流，主要倾向，主要趋势 People, activities, or ideas that are part of the mainstream are regarded as the most typical, normal, and conventional because they belong to the same group or system as most others of their kind.

…people outside the economic mainstream…
经济主流之外的人

This was the company’s first step into the mainstream of scientific and commercial computing…
这是该公司向主流科学与商业计算领域迈出的第一步。

— mainstream adjective

Question 50

maize

noun

\ˈmāz\

Answer 50

1. N-UNCOUNT 玉米;玉蜀黍 Maize is a tall plant which produces long objects covered with yellow seeds called sweetcorn. It is often grown as a food crop.
   …vast fields of maize.
   广袤的玉米地
   in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 corn