"Indian millet," 1590s, from Modern Latin Sorghum, the genus name, from Italian sorgo "a tall cereal grass," probably from Medieval Latin surgum, suricum (12c.), perhaps a variant of Latin syricum "Syrian," as in Syricum (gramen) "(grass) of Syria," from Syria, a possible source of the plant or its grain in ancient times.
实用例句
1. We can grow sorghum or maize on this plot.
这块地可以种高粱或玉米.
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2. They made sorghum into pig feed.
他们把高粱做成了猪饲料.
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3. The sorghum is in the ear.
高粱抽穗了.
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4. From the "Red Sorghum", Mo Yan almost never stops his exploration and innovation in the aspects of literary style.
从《红高粱》开始，莫言几乎从未停止在文体方面的探索和创新。
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5. Mo Yan’s novel Red Sorghum first came to wide attention on the big screen both at home and abroad in 1987.
