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 hwæte "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.
双语例句
1. The aphid is now laying waste to the wheat and barley fields.
蚜虫正在毁掉一片片的小麦和大麦田地。
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2. It would pay farmers to plough up the scrub and plant wheat.
它会出钱雇农民开垦这块低矮丛林来种植麦子。
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3. I take wheat and yeast tablets daily to purify the blood.
我每天服用干酵母片以净化血液。
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4. They had been forced to uproot their vines and plant wheat.
他们已被迫将葡萄藤连根拔除，改种小麦。
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5. It isn't always easy to separate the wheat from the chaff.
