eat/have cereal
指谷物早餐食品。
I usually eat cereal for breakfast.
我通常早餐吃麦片。
谷粒；谷物；谷类植物；禾谷类作物；谷类食品；谷物制品；一种栽培以获取可食用谷粒的禾本科植物。；淀粉谷物用作食物的草:小麦；水稻；黑麦；燕麦；玉米；荞麦；小米
A breakfast food made from grain, usually eaten with milk.
尤指早餐麦片
一种栽培以获取可食用谷粒的禾本科植物。
A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
淀粉谷物用作食物的草:小麦；水稻；黑麦；燕麦；玉米；荞麦；小米
grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
此类禾本科植物的谷粒。
The grains of such a grass.
由谷物草的淀粉谷物制成的食品
foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
早餐麦片。
Breakfast cereal.
由谷物制成的早餐食品
a breakfast food prepared from grain
I usually have cereal with milk for breakfast.
我早餐通常吃麦片加牛奶。
用法提示：此处cereal指早餐麦片食品，用作不可数名词。
She poured the cereal into a bowl and added some fruit.
她把麦片倒进碗里，又加了些水果。
用法提示：cereal作为不可数名词，指谷物早餐。
Many cereals are fortified with vitamins and minerals.
许多麦片都强化了维生素和矿物质。
用法提示：复数cereals指不同种类的早餐麦片。
指谷物早餐食品。
I usually eat cereal for breakfast.
我通常早餐吃麦片。
表示一份的量。
She poured a bowl of cereal.
她倒了一碗麦片。
指谷类植物，复数形式。
Wheat and rice are important cereal crops.
小麦和水稻是重要的谷类作物。
grain泛指任何谷物的籽实，而cereal更强调作为食物或早餐谷物，两者不完全等同
grammar · medium
易错句子I eat serial for breakfast.
正确表达I eat cereal for breakfast.
“Serial” 和 “cereal” 发音相同但意思不同。“serial” 指一系列的事物，而 “cereal” 指谷物或早餐麦片。
grammar · medium
易错句子Cereals are good for health.
正确表达Cereal is good for health.
当 “cereal” 泛指谷物食品时是不可数名词，不应用复数形式。用单数表示一般概念。
cereal 指谷类食物或谷物；serial 指按顺序排列的或连续的，两者发音相同但拼写和意义不同
cereal 指加工成早餐食品的谷物；grain 泛指任何谷物的籽粒
早餐麦片
I usually have breakfast cereal with milk.
我通常吃牛奶泡的早餐麦片。
谷粒
Wheat is a common cereal grain.
小麦是一种常见的谷粒。
一碗麦片
She poured herself a bowl of cereal.
她给自己倒了一碗麦片。
谷类作物
Farmers are harvesting the cereal crops.
农民们正在收割谷类作物。
吃麦片
Many children eat cereal for breakfast.
许多孩子早餐吃麦片。
谷物棒
He grabbed a cereal bar for a quick snack.
他拿了一根谷物棒当快速零食。
发长 /iː/ 音 (如 sea, tea)
Same pattern, same sound
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