corn

Compared meaning: corn, the cereal crop (noun).

比较义项：玉米（一种谷类作物）（名词）。

• corn 本词

  The everyday American English word for this crop; in British English "corn" can instead mean the region's staple cereal (e.g. wheat, oats), not specifically maize.

  这是该作物在美式英语中更日常的说法；在英式英语中，“corn”也可能指某地区的主要谷物（如小麦、燕麦），不一定特指玉米。

  We grow corn in our garden every summer.

  我们每年夏天都在花园里种玉米。

• maize

  The general, more formal and international term for this plant, common in British English and in scientific or agricultural writing, referring specifically to this crop regardless of region.

  这是该植物更正式、更国际化的说法，常见于英式英语以及科学、农业类文章中，无论地区如何都明确指这种作物。

  Farmers grow maize in large fields during the warm summer months.

  农民们在温暖的夏季于大片田地里种植玉米。

Corn and maize both refer to this cereal crop. Maize is the more formal, international word, common in British English. Corn is the everyday American word for it; in British English, corn can instead mean the local staple cereal, like wheat.

这两个词在指“玉米”这种谷类作物时意思相近，但maize更正式、更偏国际化／英式英语，corn则是美式英语里更常见的日常说法，英式英语中corn有时还可泛指当地的主要谷物。这里不比较corn的其他义项，如泛指的“谷物”和脚上的“鸡眼”。