wheat: [OE] Wheat is etymologically the ‘white’ grain. The word comes from prehistoric Germanic *khvaitjaz (source also of German weizen, Dutch weit, Swedish hvete, and Danish hvede), which was derived from a variant of the base *khwīt-, source of English white. It alludes to the ‘white’ flour produced by grinding the grain. => white
wheat (n.)
Old English hw?te "wheat," from Proto-Germanic *hwaitjaz (cognates: Old Saxon hweti, Old Norse hveiti, Norwegian kveite, Old Frisian hwete, Middle Dutch, Dutch weit, Old High German weizzi, German Weizen, Gothic hvaiteis "wheat"), literally "that which is white" (in reference to the grain or the meal), from PIE *kwoid-yo-, suffixed variant form of root *kweid-, *kweit- "to shine" (see white; and compare Welsh gwenith "wheat," related to gwenn "white"). The Old World grain was introduced into New Spain in 1528. Wheaties, the cereal brand name, was patented 1925.
雙語例句
1. The aphid is now laying waste to the wheat and barley fields.
蚜蟲正在毀掉一片片的小麥和大麥田地。
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2. It would pay farmers to plough up the scrub and plant wheat.
它會出錢雇農(nóng)民開墾這塊低矮叢林來種植麥子。
來自柯林斯例句
3. I take wheat and yeast tablets daily to purify the blood.
我每天服用干酵母片以凈化血液。
來自柯林斯例句
4. They had been forced to uproot their vines and plant wheat.
他們已被迫將葡萄藤連根拔除，改種小麥。
來自柯林斯例句
5. It isn't always easy to separate the wheat from the chaff.