The soft yellow seeds of a maize plant, eaten as a vegetable — the sweet kind of corn, grown to be eaten by people rather than fed to animals or ground into flour. It is what comes in the small tins you stir into salad or fried rice, and it is also the corn on the cob you hold in two hands.

The soft yellow seeds柔軟的黃色種子 of a maize plant玉米植株上, eaten as a vegetable當蔬菜吃 — the sweet kind of corn是那種甜的玉米, grown to be eaten by people種來給人吃 rather than fed to animals不是拿去餵動物 or ground into flour或磨成麵粉的。It它 is what comes in就是...裡裝的東西 the small tins小罐頭 you你 stir into攪進 salad or fried rice沙拉或炒飯裡, and而 it it also是也是 the corn on the cob那整支玉米 you你 hold in two hands用兩隻手拿著吃的。

This is mainly a British word, written as one word or sometimes two. In American English people usually just say corn, and say sweet corn only when they need to separate it from field corn.

This這 is mainly主要是 a British word英式英文的字, written as寫成 one word一個字 or sometimes有時候 twotwo個字。In American English在美式英文裡, people人們 usually just say通常就只說 corncorn玉米, and而 say sweet corn only才會說sweet corn when they need to separate it只有在需要區分開來的時候 from field corn跟field corn飼料玉米。

So on a British pizza menu you will see sweetcorn as a topping; an American menu would say corn. It is an uncountable word — you eat some sweetcorn, not a sweetcorn — though the individual pieces are kernels.

So所以 on a British pizza menu在英國的披薩菜單上 you你 will see會看到 sweetcornsweetcorn as a topping被當成配料; an American menu美國的菜單 would say則會寫 corncorn。It它 is an uncountable word是個不可數名詞 — you你 eat some sweetcorn會說吃some sweetcorn一些sweetcorn, not a sweetcorn不會說a sweetcorn一顆sweetcorn — though不過 the individual pieces單一顆粒 are kernels叫kernels玉米粒。