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wheat

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n.小麦,小麦色,淡黄色,朴实的人

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wheat


/wi:t; [US] hwi:t; hwit/
n [U]
1 (a) grain from which flour (for bread, etc) is made 小麦(子实)
*a tonne of wheat 一吨小麦
* [attrib 作定语] wheat loaves 白面的面包.
(b) plant that produces this 小麦(草本植物)
*a field of wheat 麦田
* [attrib 作定语] wheat farming种植小麦. =>illus at cereal 见 cereal 插图.
2 (idm 习语) separate the wheat from the chaff => separate2.

wheat


n[U]
[Language: Old English;Origin: hwAte]
the grain that bread is made from, or the plant that it grows on
 a field of wheat
separate the wheat from the chaff
to choose the good and useful things or people and get rid of the others
1. The wheat was as high as the breast.
    麦子高与胸齐。

2. The peasants were reaping wheat with the help of a group of students.
    农民们正在一群学生的帮助下收割小麦。

3. The field of wheat was undulating in the breeze .
    麦田在微风中起伏。

4. He had worked at a mill in the old country, but, finding the wheat business too much of a grind, began selling pots and pans off his back.
    在自己国家,他曾在面粉厂干过活,但感觉这种磨面粉的营生真是种折磨人的苦活,就开始背着坛坛罐罐到处兜售。

5. Is growing wheat here as difficult as growing rice?
    这里种小麦和种稻子一样困难吗?

6. Flour is a powder made from wheat.
    面粉是小麦做的粉。

7. Farmers used to thrash their wheat by hand.
    农民过去用手打麦脱粒。

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