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单词 barley
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Definition of barley in English:

barley

noun ˈbɑːliˈbɑrli
mass noun
  • 1A hardy cereal with coarse bristles extending from the ears, cultivated especially for use in brewing and stockfeed.

    Genus Hordeum, family Gramineae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Food was seen as a sun-product, of which the cereals wheat and barley were the sacred, life-giving staples.
    • Farmers switched to more productive crops, with a decline in the acreage of rye and a rise in wheat and barley.
    • The birds found little food on the refuge and quickly moved on to the nearby fields of barley and wheat.
    • The laighe was used extensively in Ireland to prepare land to grow oats, barley and potatoes.
    • Farmers may be forced to change from barley and wheat to maize as warming continues.
    • Wild crops such as wheat and barley began to be cultivated, and wild animals such as sheep and goats were tamed and then domesticated.
    • Now the main income is generated by a simplified system of wheat, barley, oilseed rape and sugar beet.
    • Seeds of wheat and barley were also found, providing evidence of crop cultivation.
    • Domesticates included herded sheep and goats together with hulled barley, and emmer and einkorn wheat.
    • He was listed among the first four pioneers in barley breeding and tested barleys of hybrid origin as early as 1904, but none attained release.
    • Villagers cultivate maize, wheat and barley on verdant hillside terraces buttressed by stone escarpments.
    • There are some crops not cut, a lot of barley, some oats and one of two pieces of wheat are still out.
    • Large amounts of maize, sugar beet and barley will fail unless there is a dramatic change in the weather.
    • For example, wolves were bred into dogs, and wild grasses were bred into wheat, rye, oats and barley.
    • With the first winter barleys cut at the weekend in the Vale of York, harvest has come with a rush and, strangely, this season we are ahead of many of our southern brethren.
    • Villagers engage in animal husbandry and cultivate wheat, barley, and sugar beets.
    • Mr Meikle farms 130 hectares devoted to sugar beet, salad onions, dwarf beans, barley and wheat.
    • He said yields and quality for the major cereal crops of winter wheat and spring barley are above expectation.
    • The inhabitants practised mixed farming, raising cattle and pigs and cultivating wheat and barley.
    • ‘Winter barleys are in the ground in time to take advantage of moisture from fall rains, winter snowpack, and early spring rainstorms,’ he explains.
    1. 1.1 The grain of barley.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In Korea, while rice is the staple grain, barley is consumed in between the rice production seasons.
      • In 1364 a more diversified cargo of wheat, barley, beans, peas and ale was sent to Holland.
      • Beer is produced by fermenting water in which malted barley has been steeped.
      • The actual grains of barley floated level with the brim, and reeds of various lengths but without nodes were in the bowls.
      • I asked Sidroc what it was and he said it was made from oats mixed with barley.
      • Put the oil in a large, heavy saucepan with the onion, leek, garlic and barley.
      • High producing dairy herds are feeding equal parts maize meal, barley and wheat.
      • One can substitute or mix different grains such as barley for arthritis and cancer.
      • Beer can range from light ales to dark stouts depending on the proportions of malt and barley.
      • However, over the total tract, digestibility was substantially greater for each component and not different among hull-less barleys and wheat.
      • I am now unable to eat anything that contains wheat, rye, barley, or oats.
      • We take our water and mix it with malted barley or grain to make a drink called whisky.
      • All real ales are brewed from malted barley, hops, yeast and water although other ingredients can be used as well.
      • You can all brewed hops and barley and malt beer, but they certainly don't taste or look the same.
      • Feedlot cattle eagerly trot to the bunk to chow down on a ration made with wheat or barley instead of corn.
      • Gaettok is a pie-shaped cake made of the hulls of grain, such as rice, barley and millet.
      • Roasty aromas come from roasted grains, such as the unmalted barley used in an Irish stout.
      • It is made from a mash of malted and un-malted barley with some wheat, rye and oats.
      • The staple food of Tibet, tsampa, is toasted barley ground to a flour.
      • Called Summer Ale, it is brewed from specially malted barley and Continental Styrian Golding hops.

Origin

Old English bærlic (adjective), from bære, bere 'barley' + -lic (see -ly1).

  • barn from Old English:

    A barn was originally a place for storing barley (Old English), the word coming from Old English from bere ‘barley’ and ern ‘house’. In the 1940s barn started to be used in particle physics as a unit of areas. It is apparently from the phrase as big as a barn door, a long established measure of size.

Rhymes

Bali, Cali, Carly, Charlie, Dali, Diwali, finale, gnarly, Gurkhali, Kali, Kigali, Mali, Marley, marly, Pali, parley, snarly, Somali, Svengali, tamale
 
 

Definition of barley in US English:

barley

nounˈbɑrliˈbärlē
  • 1A hardy cereal that has coarse bristles extending from the ears. It is widely cultivated, chiefly for use in brewing and stockfeed.

    Genus Hordeum, family Gramineae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mr Meikle farms 130 hectares devoted to sugar beet, salad onions, dwarf beans, barley and wheat.
    • The birds found little food on the refuge and quickly moved on to the nearby fields of barley and wheat.
    • Villagers engage in animal husbandry and cultivate wheat, barley, and sugar beets.
    • Large amounts of maize, sugar beet and barley will fail unless there is a dramatic change in the weather.
    • For example, wolves were bred into dogs, and wild grasses were bred into wheat, rye, oats and barley.
    • There are some crops not cut, a lot of barley, some oats and one of two pieces of wheat are still out.
    • ‘Winter barleys are in the ground in time to take advantage of moisture from fall rains, winter snowpack, and early spring rainstorms,’ he explains.
    • Villagers cultivate maize, wheat and barley on verdant hillside terraces buttressed by stone escarpments.
    • With the first winter barleys cut at the weekend in the Vale of York, harvest has come with a rush and, strangely, this season we are ahead of many of our southern brethren.
    • Now the main income is generated by a simplified system of wheat, barley, oilseed rape and sugar beet.
    • Seeds of wheat and barley were also found, providing evidence of crop cultivation.
    • Food was seen as a sun-product, of which the cereals wheat and barley were the sacred, life-giving staples.
    • Farmers may be forced to change from barley and wheat to maize as warming continues.
    • The inhabitants practised mixed farming, raising cattle and pigs and cultivating wheat and barley.
    • Domesticates included herded sheep and goats together with hulled barley, and emmer and einkorn wheat.
    • The laighe was used extensively in Ireland to prepare land to grow oats, barley and potatoes.
    • Farmers switched to more productive crops, with a decline in the acreage of rye and a rise in wheat and barley.
    • He was listed among the first four pioneers in barley breeding and tested barleys of hybrid origin as early as 1904, but none attained release.
    • Wild crops such as wheat and barley began to be cultivated, and wild animals such as sheep and goats were tamed and then domesticated.
    • He said yields and quality for the major cereal crops of winter wheat and spring barley are above expectation.
    1. 1.1 The grain of the barley plant.
      See also pearl barley
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I am now unable to eat anything that contains wheat, rye, barley, or oats.
      • All real ales are brewed from malted barley, hops, yeast and water although other ingredients can be used as well.
      • Called Summer Ale, it is brewed from specially malted barley and Continental Styrian Golding hops.
      • Put the oil in a large, heavy saucepan with the onion, leek, garlic and barley.
      • One can substitute or mix different grains such as barley for arthritis and cancer.
      • Beer is produced by fermenting water in which malted barley has been steeped.
      • Gaettok is a pie-shaped cake made of the hulls of grain, such as rice, barley and millet.
      • We take our water and mix it with malted barley or grain to make a drink called whisky.
      • It is made from a mash of malted and un-malted barley with some wheat, rye and oats.
      • Feedlot cattle eagerly trot to the bunk to chow down on a ration made with wheat or barley instead of corn.
      • In Korea, while rice is the staple grain, barley is consumed in between the rice production seasons.
      • Beer can range from light ales to dark stouts depending on the proportions of malt and barley.
      • I asked Sidroc what it was and he said it was made from oats mixed with barley.
      • You can all brewed hops and barley and malt beer, but they certainly don't taste or look the same.
      • In 1364 a more diversified cargo of wheat, barley, beans, peas and ale was sent to Holland.
      • Roasty aromas come from roasted grains, such as the unmalted barley used in an Irish stout.
      • The staple food of Tibet, tsampa, is toasted barley ground to a flour.
      • The actual grains of barley floated level with the brim, and reeds of various lengths but without nodes were in the bowls.
      • However, over the total tract, digestibility was substantially greater for each component and not different among hull-less barleys and wheat.
      • High producing dairy herds are feeding equal parts maize meal, barley and wheat.

Origin

Old English bærlic (adjective), from bære, bere ‘barley’ + -lic (see -ly).

 
 
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