milk stage; milky ripeness
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to reach the milk stage; to become milky ripe
technicalTechnical agricultural term describing the early stage of grain filling when kernels contain a milky fluid. Often used with 期 or 阶段 to denote the duration (e.g., 乳熟期).
Xiǎo小
mài麦
yǐ已
jīng经
jìn进
rù入
rǔ乳
shú熟
qī期
。
The wheat has already entered the milk stage.
Shuǐ水
dào稻
zài在
rǔ乳
shú熟
jiē阶
duàn段
xū需
yào要
chōng充
zú足
de的
shuǐ水
fèn分
。
Rice needs sufficient water during the milk stage.
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Yù玉
mǐ米
rǔ乳
shú熟
hòu后
，
zǐ籽
lì粒
hán含
shuǐ水
liàng量
zhú逐
jiàn渐
jiàng降
dī低
。
After maize reaches the milk stage, the moisture content of the kernels gradually decreases.