1. U 稻　 type of grass grown on wet land in hot countries, especially in Asia, producing seeds that are cooked and used as food
2. U 稻米，大米　 these seeds

　boil ～　煮饭
　cook ～　煮饭
　grow ～　种稻
　harvest ～　收割稻子
　have ～　吃米饭
　husk ～　碾米
　mill ～　磨米
　process ～　碾米
　raise ～　种稻
　reap ～　收割稻子
　thrash ～　给稻子脱粒
　winnow ～　扬稻子
　broken ～　碎米
　brown ～　糙米
　early ～　早稻
　enriched ～　营养稻米
　glutinous ～　糯米
　late ～　晚稻
　wild ～　野稻米
　paddy ～　水稻
　upland ～　旱稻

　The farmers grow rice.　农民种稻子。
　Rice cannot grow in this country.　稻子在这个国家无法生长。
　For us Indonesians, rice is the most usual food.　对于我们印尼人来说，大米是最平常的食物。
　The shop sells rice.　该店卖米。
　The little bird is eating a grain of rice.　这只小鸟正在吃一粒米。
　Grains of rice were on the land.　地上有几粒大米。
　We had rice for lunch.　我们中午吃了米饭。
　He had two bowls of boiled rice at lunch.　中午他吃了两碗米饭。

　他碗里剩的饭不多了。
　［误］ There are only few rices left in his bowl.
　［正］ There is only little rice left in his bowl.
　［析］ rice是不可数名词，没有复数形式。

　［词源］　古法语ris<意大利语riso<拉丁语oryza（稻，米）