单词详解

n.

A.【植物】小麦属 (Triticum) 禾草，尤指：小麦

(annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains)

Farmers are planting more wheat and rice. 农民种植更多的小麦和大米。

The wheat rippled in the breeze. 小麦在微风中起伏波动。

The wheat has cropped well this year. 今年小麦收成很好。

B. (作为谷物的) 小麦 (grains of common wheat, sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal, usually ground into flour)

This machine crushes wheat grain to make flour. 这台机器把麦子磨成面粉。

For example, Australia, a major wheat exporter, faces a drought.

例如，在主要小麦输出国澳洲，面临着干旱。