Researchers earlier engineered a deep-water rice plant that can grow quickly to avoid drowning.

研究者就早先通过基因改造培育出一种深水稻，它可以快速生长以免受淹。

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The diet was frugal: cheese and water, rice and beans.

饮食很俭省：奶酪和水，米饭和豆类。

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Their daily diet consisted of a lump of stale bread, a bowl of rice, and stale water.

他们的日常饮食包括一块不新鲜的面包、一碗米饭，还有不新鲜的水。

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The frames are levees that hold in the water for paddies in which rice is grown.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

So far,the answer is no. Even though some of Louisiana's quarter-million hectares of rice farms are located within shouting distance of bespoiled marshes, rice ponds rely on fresh water from wells and rainfall - not saltwater that,even without oil, would kill tender plants.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

They're now engaged in assessing the scale of the disaster and distributing water and rice to stricken areas.

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Farmers in many flood plains plant crops that grow underwater, such as deep water aman rice or jute.

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Once the tomatoes melt into the dish, add the water, basmati rice and okra.

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