a grain used for food, for example wheat, maize, or rye 谷物(如小麦、玉米或黑麦) ■(一般作 cereals)a grass producing such grain, grown as an agricultural crop 谷类作物 [as modifier]low yields for cereal crops. 谷类作物的低产量。 ■[mass noun]a breakfast food made from roasted grain, typically eaten with milk (尤指与牛奶配食的)谷类早餐食物,麦片 a bowl of cereal. 一碗麦片。
语源
early 19th cent. (as an adjective): from Latin cerealis, from Ceres,.the name of the Roman goddess of agriculture