English for rice: rice

Pronunciation: English? [ra?s]American? [ra?s]?

n.? rice; rice; paddy

Vocabulary collocation:

1. boil rice Cook rice

2. cook rice Cook rice

3. grow rice Plant rice

4. harvest rice Harvest rice

5. have rice Eat rice

Common sentence pattern. :

1, Rice is our essential foodstuff in life.

Rice is the basic food of our life.

2, His plate was piled high with rice.

His plate was full of rice.

3, He had some rice for supper.

He ate some rice for supper.

4, He had two bowls of boiled rice at lunch.

He ate two bowls of rice at lunch.

Expanded:

Etymology

Entrying into the English language in the mid-13th century, it derives directly from Old French ris; originally from Greek oryza, meaning rice.

Word Usage

1. rice means "rice", which can also mean "paddy, rice" and "rice".

2. Rice is an uncountable noun, so to say "a grain of rice" you need to use a grain of?rice.

3. To say "many grains of rice" you need to use grains of?rice.

4. Two bowls of boiled rice should be used for "two bowls of rice".