Vietnam has emerged as the world's third-biggest rice exporter...是什么意思？

Vietnam has emerged as the world's third-biggest rice exporter...

越南已跃居世界第三大稻米出口国。

Vietnam

n. 越南；

例句
...a series of cassettes on the Vietnam War, anchored by Mr. Cronkite.
克朗凯特先生主持的关于越南战争的系列节目录像带

has

v. 有( have的第三人称单数 )，（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
...the operation a patient has had.
病人做过的手术

emerged

v. 出现( emerge的过去式和过去分词 )，露头，形成，事实；

例句
We struck up a conversation, in the course of which it emerged that he was a sailing man.
我们聊了起来，在谈话过程中得知他是一名水手。

as

adv. 同样地，一样地，例如；prep. 作为，以…的身份，如

例句
As far as I can recall, Patti was a Smith.
我记得帕蒂是姓史密斯的。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

rice

n. 稻，稻米， 大米；vt. 筛选；

例句
The sudden appearance of a few bags of rice could start a riot.
突然出现几袋大米可能会引起骚乱。

exporter

n. 出口商，输出者，输出国；

例句
France is the world's second-biggest exporter of agricultural products.
法国是世界第二大农产品出口国。