wheat英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery. countable

— They bought a sack of wheat and a sack of rye with the intent to try their hand at milling and baking.
A light brown color, like that of wheat. uncountable

— They debated the paint color options for the bathroom walls and settled on wheat.
Ellipsis of wheat bread abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,uncountable

— Customer: A tuna sandwich, please. Waiter: Sure, hon. You want that on white, wheat, or rye?

形容词 adj.

Wheaten, of a light brown color, like that of wheat. not-comparable

词形变化

wheats plural wheate alternative,obsolete wheate alternative,obsolete

词源

词源 1

From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Norwegian Bokmål hvete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Faroese and Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white.

词源 2

From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Norwegian Bokmål hvete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Faroese and Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white.