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 vriže, 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 ryż, etc.). Introduced 1647 in the Carolinas. Rice paper (1822), originally used in China, Japan, etc., is made from straw of rice.
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1. Under these laws, he said, Mr. Rice's assets could have been frozen.
他说根据这些法规，赖斯先生的资产可能已经被冻结了。
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2. The petals can be cooked with rice to colour it yellow.
可以把这些花瓣跟米饭一起煮，使米饭变成黄色。
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3. Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country's diet.
鱼和米是该国的主要食品。
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4. He will offer the first harvest of rice to the sun goddess.
他将把收获的第一束稻子献给太阳女神。
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5. The rice is accompanied by a soup or a soupy stew.