rice: [13] The word rice is presumably, like the plant it names, of oriental origin; its ancestor may well be represented in Sanskrit vrīhi-. It first appeared in Europe as Greek órūza. This passed into Latin as oryza, and eventually spread throughout the languages of Europe: French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, German reis, Dutch rijst, Swedish and Russian ris, Welsh reis, Lithuanian rysai, English rice, etc.
rice (n.)
mid-13c., from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Latin oriza, from Greek oryza "rice," via an Indo-Iranian language (compare Pashto vri?e, Old Persian brizi), ultimately from Sanskrit vrihi-s "rice." The Greek word is the ultimate source of all European words (Welsh reis, German reis, Lithuanian rysai, Serbo-Croatian riza, Polish ry?, etc.). Introduced 1647 in the Carolinas. Rice paper (1822), originally used in China, Japan, etc., is made from straw of rice.
雙語例句
1. Under these laws, he said, Mr. Rice's assets could have been frozen.
他說根據這些法規，賴斯先生的資產可能已經被凍結了。
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2. The petals can be cooked with rice to colour it yellow.
可以把這些花瓣跟米飯一起煮，使米飯變成黃色。
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3. Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country's diet.
魚和米是該國的主要食品。
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4. He will offer the first harvest of rice to the sun goddess.
他將把收獲的第一束稻子獻給太陽女神。
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5. The rice is accompanied by a soup or a soupy stew.