wheat
noun [ U ] uk/wiːt/ us/wiːt/
B2 小麦
a plant whose yellowish-brown grain is used for making flour, or the grain itself
wheat fields 小麦田
Wheat is a staple crop for millions of people across the world. 小麦是一种为全世界亿万人提供主食的农作物。
See also: wholewheat
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- Many wheat farmers have begun to diversify into other forms of agriculture.
- We drove past fields of ripening wheat.
- If he eats anything with wheat in it he's very sick.
- The new varieties of wheat are good growers even in poor soil.
- In the US, winter wheat is harvested in the early summer.
Idiom
separate the wheat from the chaffidiom 区别好坏；去芜存菁
to separate things or people that are of high quality or ability from those that are not
The first round of interviews really separates the wheat from the chaff. 第一轮面试确实分出了优劣。