Sorghum is a tall grain plant with a thick head of small round seeds at the top. It grows well where it is hot and dry, so it is a major food crop across Africa and India, and it is grown in the United States, Australia and China too. The seeds are eaten as porridge or ground into flour; the stalks feed animals; and one kind is boiled down into a dark sweet syrup, which is what Americans in the south mean when they say "sorghum" at breakfast.

Sorghumsorghum is a tall grain plant是一種高大的穀類植物 with a thick head of small round seeds at the top頂端有一顆顆圓圓的小種子、長成一大穗 It grows well where it is hot and dry它在又熱又乾的地方長得很好 so it is a major food crop across Africa and India所以是非洲和印度的主要糧食作物 and it is grown in the United States, Australia and China too美國、澳洲和中國也有種 The seeds are eaten as porridge or ground into flour種子可以煮成粥或磨成麵粉 the stalks feed animals莖可以餵動物 and one kind is boiled down into a dark sweet syrup還有一種會熬成深色的甜糖漿 which is what Americans in the south mean when they say "sorghum" at breakfast這就是美國南方人早餐說「sorghum」時指的東西

It is an uncountable noun, like rice or wheat: sorghum, not "a sorghum".

It is an uncountable noun它是不可數名詞 like rice or wheat跟rice或wheat一樣 sorghum, not "a sorghum"只說sorghum，不說「a sorghum」

For a Taiwanese student, there is a second door into this word. Sorghum is 高粱 — the grain that Kinmen's famous strong liquor is made from. So when you read "sorghum" in an English book about farming in Africa, and you have drunk 高粱酒 at a wedding, that is the same plant.

For a Taiwanese student對台灣學生來說 there is a second door into this word這個字有第二個入口 Sorghum is 高粱Sorghum就是高粱 the grain that Kinmen's famous strong liquor is made from金門有名的烈酒就是用這個穀物釀的 So when you read "sorghum" in an English book about farming in Africa所以當你在講非洲農業的英文書裡讀到「sorghum」 and you have drunk 高粱酒 at a wedding而你婚禮上喝過高粱酒 that is the same plant那其實是同一種植物

It is a useful word in reading about food, farming, climate and drought, and almost never comes up in daily chat.

It is a useful word這是個有用的字 in reading about food, farming, climate and drought在讀到食物、農業、氣候和乾旱相關的內容時 and almost never comes up in daily chat但日常聊天幾乎不會用到