名詞 wheat:

1. annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
2. grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour
   同義詞：wheat berry

1. We have to sift through the application forms very carefully to separate the wheat from the chaff.
   我們得把申請(qǐng)書(shū)仔細(xì)篩選一下以甄別優(yōu)劣。
2. This old man is a leading authority on wheat diseases.
   這位老人是小麥病蟲(chóng)害方面的權(quán)威。
3. This machine crushes wheat grain to make flour.
   這臺(tái)機(jī)器把麥子磨成面粉。
4. Wheat is transported from the farms to the mills.
   把小麥從農(nóng)場(chǎng)運(yùn)到面粉廠。
5. Fields of wheat are undulating in the breeze.
   在微風(fēng)中起伏著一片麥浪。
6. By defeating their main competitor this firm has cornered the wheat market.
   這家公司擊敗了主要的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手而壟斷了整個(gè)小麥?zhǔn)袌?chǎng)。
7. The wheat rippled in the breeze.
   小麥在微風(fēng)中起伏波動(dòng)。
8. They are grinding wheat into flour.
   他們正在把小麥磨成面粉。

wheat

n.（名詞）
Any of various annual cereal grasses of the genusTriticum of the Mediterranean region and southwest Asia, especially T. aestivum, widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important edible grain.
小麥：一種一年一熟的谷類禾本植物小麥（禾本植物）屬， 生長(zhǎng)于地中海地區(qū)及西南亞，尤指 夏季小麥 ，廣泛種植于氣候溫和地帶，品種繁多，其可食性谷粒具重要商業(yè)價(jià)值
The grain of any of these grasses, ground to produce flour used in breadstuffs and pasta.
麥粒面粉：任何這類禾本植物的谷粒，經(jīng)碾磨以生產(chǎn)出用于做面包原料及淀粉的面粉

來(lái)源：
Middle English whete
中古英語(yǔ) whete
from Old English hwôte * see kweit-
源自 古英語(yǔ) hwôte *參見(jiàn) kweit-