wheat

英 [wiːt]

美 [wiːt]

n.  小麦(植物); 小麦(籽实)

复数：wheats　

中考高考CET4CET6考研TOEFL

Collins.2 / BNC.5619 / COCA.4479

习惯用语

n.

sort out/separate the wheat from the chaff
• 识别优劣；分清好坏；去芜存菁
  to distinguish useful or valuable people or things from ones that are not useful or have no value

牛津词典

noun

• 小麦（植物）；小麦（籽实）
  a plant grown for its grain that is used to produce the flour for bread, cakes, pasta , etc.; the grain of this plant
  1. wheat flour
     小麦制的面粉

柯林斯词典

• 种植小麦，玉米或其他农作物的农民。 → see:...farmers growing wheat, corn, or other crops.

英英释义

noun

• a variable yellow tint
  Synonym:pale yellowstraw
• grains of common wheat
  Synonym:wheat berry
• annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains

双语例句

• The wheat crop had been gathered in before the storm came.
  暴风雨到来之前小麦已经收完了。
• Breeding has produced types of wheat which can be grown in the north.
  通过育种已培养出可在北方种植的小麦品种。
• This year's yield of wheat is higher than ever before.
  今年小麦产量高于往年。
• Grasslands have been broken and planted to wheat.
  草地已经犁过，并种上了小麦。
• She swept up the grains of wheat that had spilled on the ground.
  她把撒在地上的麦粒儿扫到一块儿。
• The main crop is wheat and this is grown even on the very steep slopes.
  主要作物是小麦，就连很陡的坡地都种上了小麦。
• The fields are under wheat, rape and other crops.
  地里种着小麦、油菜及其他作物。
• They had been forced to uproot their vines and plant wheat.
  他们已被迫将葡萄藤连根拔除，改种小麦。
• Wheat and oats are of the same family, but of different genera.
  小麦和燕麦是同科的，但不同属。
• They have been bartering wheat for cotton and timber
  他们一直用小麦交换棉花和木材。