名詞 cereal:

1. grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
   同義詞：cereal grass
2. foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
   同義詞：grain, food grain
3. a breakfast food prepared from grain

形容詞 cereal:

1. made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it

1. He sprinkled sugar over his cereal.
   他在麥片粥里撒上了糖。
2. A small, dry, one-seeded fruit of a cereal grass, having the fruit and the seed walls united.
   谷粒谷草的小且干燥的單種子果實(shí)，果實(shí)與種壁連在一起
3. The edible whole or coarsely ground grains of a cereal grass.
   粗磨粉谷類植物完全或粗磨的可食用顆粒
4. I have a bowl of cereal every morning.
   我每天早晨吃一碗麥片粥。
5. Cereal products are good for our health.
   谷物產(chǎn)品對(duì)我們的身體有益。

ce.re.al

n.（名詞）

A grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
谷物：一種如小麥、燕麥或玉米的禾本科植物，其淀粉質(zhì)谷?？勺鳛槭澄?/br>The grain of such a grass.
糧食：此類作物的谷粒
Any of several other plants or their edible seed or fruit, such as buckwheat or grain amaranth.
蕎麥：其它植物或其可食用的種子或果實(shí)，如蕎麥或莧屬作物
A food prepared from any of these plants, especially a breakfast food made from commercially processed grain.
蕎麥?zhǔn)称罚阂环N用這些作物做成的食品，尤指商業(yè)加工過(guò)的谷物所做的早餐
adj.（形容詞）
Consisting of or relating to grain or to a plant producing grain.
谷物的，谷物制成的：由谷?；蚺c產(chǎn)生谷粒的植物組成的或與之相關(guān)的

來(lái)源：
From Latin cere3lis [of grain]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) cere3lis [谷物的]
from Cerôs [Ceres] * see ker- 2
源自 Cerôs [蠟?zāi) *參見 ker- 2