rye

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A noun referring to a cereal grain used for making bread, whiskey, and animal feed, or the grass that produces this grain.

• 🇨🇳一种禾本科谷物，其籽粒用于制作面包、威士忌和动物饲料；也指产生这种谷物的植物。

1. Cereal grain B1 formal

   The seed of the cereal grass Secale cereale, used for making bread, whiskey, and animal feed.

   • Rye is a key ingredient in traditional European black bread.
   • Farmers in northern Europe cultivate rye for its hardy nature.
   • The grain is ground into flour for baking rye bread.

   🇨🇳黑麦

2. Cereal plant B1 formal

   A hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe for its grain, used in bread and forage, and in North America for soil improvement.

   • Rye grows well in poor soil conditions where other grains fail.
   • The field was planted with rye for winter cover.
   • This variety of rye is particularly resistant to cold weather.

   🇨🇳黑麦

3. Whiskey B2 informal american

   A type of whiskey distilled from rye grain or a mixture of rye and malt.

   • He ordered a glass of rye on the rocks.
   • Canadian rye is known for its smooth flavor.
   • The bartender recommended a rye whiskey for the cocktail.

   🇨🇳黑麦威士忌

   同义词: rye whiskeyrye whisky

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• rye's possessive singular form