[mass noun]a cereal which is the most important kind grown in temperate countries, the grain of which is ground to make flour for bread, pasta, pastry, etc. 小麦
Genus Triticum, family Gramineae: several species, including bread wheat (T. aestivum) and durum wheat, and many distinctive cultivars 小麦属,禾本科:数种,包括普通小麦(拉丁名T.aestivum)和硬质小麦,以及许多不同的栽培变种 ■the grain of this plant 小麦粒
常用词组 separate the wheat from the chaff
见 chaff
语源
Old English hwǣte of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weit, German Weizen, also to white