rye

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 rī

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder. countable,uncountable
    — They bought a sack of rye and a sack of wheat with the intent to try their hand at milling and baking.
  2. The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained. countable,uncountable
    — This field will be planted to rye next spring.
  3. Ellipsis of rye bread. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
    — Customer: A tuna sandwich, please. Waiter: Sure, hon. You want that on white, wheat, or rye?
  4. Ellipsis of rye whiskey, whiskey made mainly or wholly from rye grain. Canada,US,abbreviation,alt-of,countable
    — He likes any whiskey, but his favorite is rye.
  5. A drink (serving) of rye whiskey. Canada,US,countable
    — I'll have a rye, neat, please.
  6. Caraway (from the mistaken assumption that the whole seeds, often used to season rye bread, are the rye itself) broadly,countable,proscribed,sometimes,uncountable
  7. Ryegrass, any of the species of Lolium. broadly,countable,proscribed,sometimes,uncountable
  8. A disease of hawks. countable,uncountable
    — And if it [vndeꝛ the peꝛch] be grene ſhe engenderith the Ry. The condicion of this euell is this, it wil ariſe in the hede and make the hede to ſwell, ⁊ the iyen all glaymous, and dyrke, and bot it haue helpe: it will downe in to the legges, and maake the legges to rancle, and if it goo fro the legges in to the hede a gayne, thi hawke is bot looſt.
  9. A young man. countable,uncountable
    — The Rye is my uncle, Hans Breitmann, Mr. Leland, whom all the Romanies know. His gipsy lore was great; […]

词形变化

ryes plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Robin's rye rock and rye Romany rye rye bread rye flake ryeflour rye flour ryegrass rye grass ryelage ryemeal rye seed rye wolf rye-worm wild rye

词源

Inherited from Middle English rye, rie, from Old English ryġe, from Proto-West Germanic *rugi, from Proto-Germanic *rugiz.
Germanic cognates include Dutch and West Frisian rogge, Low German Rogg, German Roggen, Rocken, Old Norse rugr (Danish rug, Swedish råg); non-Germanic cognates include Russian рожь (rožʹ) and Latvian rudzi.
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