高粱、谷子、黍稷等7种作物(表1)是我国种植面积较大或近几年新引进而有一定开发价值的杂粮作物。它们的英文名称与小麦、水稻、玉米几种主要作物相比有以下几个特点:(1)有的单词数量较多,如高粱就多达19个,黍稷也有17个。(2)有的容易混淆,如单词“millet”就涉及到几乎所有的 Seven crops, such as sorghum, millet and millet (Table 1), are the most widely planted cereals in China that have been newly introduced in recent years and have some development value. Their English names have the following characteristics in comparison with several major crops such as wheat, rice and corn: (1) There are many words such as sorghum with up to 19 and millet with 17. (2) Some easily confused, such as the word “millet” involves almost all