corn S3 / kɔn $ kɔrn / 名词

1 [不可数名词] British English plants such as wheat, barley , and oats or their seeds :

fields of corn

an ear of corn (= the top part of this plant where the seeds grow )

2

[不可数名词]

a) American English a tall plant with large yellow seeds that grow together on a cob (= long hard part ) , which is cooked and eaten as a vegetable or fed to animals 同义词 maize British English :

All our chickens are fed on corn. → corn on the cob

b) the seeds of this plant → sweetcorn

3 [可数名词] a painful area of thick hard skin on your foot