maize
US /mez/
・UK /meɪz/
B2 中高級
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)玉米；玉米脆片
The Native Americans depended on maize for their food
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為什麼我們愛餃子 🥟 6分鐘英語 (Why we love dumplings ⏲️ 6 Minute English)
- Kenki dumplings are made from maize sourdough and eaten across Ghana. For some tribes, kenki is their staple food – a basic and important type of food that is regularly eaten by a large portion of the population. In Britain, for example, bread and eggs are staple foods.
Kenki 餃子由玉米酸麵糰製成，在加納各地都有食用。對於一些部落來說，Kenki 是他們的主食--一種大部分人口經常食用的基本而重要的食物。例如，在英國，麵包和雞蛋就是主食。
- Kenki takes time to make. The maize needs to be soaked in water for a week. But when they're ready and served with a hot chilli sauce, Kafui uses two phrases to show it's time to eat.
Kenki 的製作需要時間。玉米需要在水中浸泡一週。但當它們做好並配上熱辣椒醬時，Kafui 會用兩個短語來表示可以開吃了。
偉大的爆米花！是爆米花拯救了電影業！ (How Popcorn Went From Banned to Saving Movies - Cheddar Explains)
- Popcorn started in South America where people were popping maize over 8,000 years ago.
爆米花源自南美，8000 多年前就有人在爆爆米花了。
- Popcorn started in South America, where people were popping maize over 8,000 years ago.
但對古早人來說，樂趣在於看玉米爆開而不是吃爆米花。
超級加工食品到底會對我們造成多大危害？ (How harmful can ultra-processed foods be for us? - BBC News)
- Pork gelatin, glucose fructose syrup, acidity regulator, citric acid, sodium hydroxide, modified maize starch.
豬明膠、葡萄糖果糖漿、酸度調節劑、檸檬酸、氫氧化鈉、化製玉米澱粉。
- Pork gelatin, glucose fructose syrup, acidity regulator, citric acid, sodium hydroxide, modified maize starch.
這個是羧甲基纖維素（CMC），它是食品工業中常見的一種乳化劑。
農業革命：Crash Course 世界史 #1 (The Agricultural Revolution: Crash Course World History #1)
- Using crops that naturally grew nearby—rice in Southeast Asia, maize in Mexico, potatoes
利用附近自然生長的農作物--東南亞的大米、墨西哥的玉米、馬鈴薯
- Using crops that naturally grew nearby—rice in Southeast Asia, maize in Mexico, potatoes in the Andes, wheat in the Fertile Crescent, yams in West Africa—people around the world began to abandon their foraging for agriculture.
安第斯山脈的小麥，新月沃土的小麥，西非的山藥--世界各地的人們
【Vox】亞馬遜的 「失落城市」是如何被發現的？ (How the “lost cities” of the Amazon were finally found)
- Great quantities of maize and corn.
而Fawcett依舊下定決心要證明這座城市的存在，在他最後一封寫給他太太的信上，Fawcett向他太太保證：你不要擔心會失敗。
- “Great quantities of maize and oats.”
過去曾有劃定好給花園和果園的區域，居住地之間還有茂密的森林用於飼養動物和種植藥草。
