名詞 rice:

1. grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
2. annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
3. English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)
   同義詞：Sir Tim Rice, Timothy Miles Bindon Rice
4. United States playwright (1892-1967)
   同義詞：Elmer Rice, Elmer Leopold Rice, Elmer Reizenstein

動詞 rice:

1. sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice

1. Rice does not grow in a cold climate.
   稻在寒冷的氣候下不能生長。
2. Rice is our essential foodstuff in life.
   大米是我們生活的基本食物。
3. He had some mixed pickles and rice for supper.
   他晚飯吃了一些什錦泡菜和米飯。
4. In China hill farmers grow rice on terraces.
   在中國，山區(qū)農(nóng)民在梯田上種水稻。
5. Two chicken curriesand rice to take away, please.
   勞駕，要兩份外賣的咖喱雞飯。
6. His plate was piled high with rice.
   他的盤子里盛滿了米飯。
7. The peasants are harvesting rice in the field.
   農(nóng)民們正在田野里收割稻子。
8. He had some rice for supper.
   晚飯時他吃了一些米飯。

rice

n.（名詞）
A cereal grass(Oryza sativa) that is cultivated extensively in warm climates and is a staple food throughout the world.
水稻：廣泛培植于溫暖氣候中的一種谷物（稻屬 人工培植的稻） ，并且是全世界的一種主要食物
The starchy edible seed of this plant.
糯米：這種植物的含淀粉的可食種籽
n.attributive.（定語名詞）
Often used to modify another noun:
稻：常用于修飾另一個名詞：
例句：
rice paddies; rice pudding.
稻殼；谷物布丁

v.tr.（及物動詞）
riced,ric.ing,ric.es
To sieve (food) to the consistency of rice.
篩選：按照米稻的堅硬性篩選（食物）

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French ris
源自 古法語 ris
from Old Italian riso
源自 古意大利語 riso
from Latin oryza
源自 拉丁語 oryza
from Greek oruza
源自 希臘語 oruza
[of Indo-Iranian origin]
[源自印度伊朗語源]