cereal grain, c. 1400, from Middle French millet, diminutive of mil "millet," from Latin milium "millet" (see mallet). Cognate with Greek meline, Lithuanian malnus (plural) "millet."
例文
1. The maize and millet were just putting forth ears.
トウモロコシと穀物が出穂しています。
2.In the 1970 s、prices of millet 、sorghum、and cowpeas rose faster than those of groundnuts.
70年代、粟、コウリャン、インゲンの価格は落花生よりも速く上昇した。
3. Millet is cultivated in the midddle or lower reaches of the Yellow River.
黄河の中下流地域では、人々は穀物を栽培している。
4.I bought two bowls of glutinous millet paste at the temple fair.