Word · Frequency #6012
cereals
麦片；谷物早餐
cereals is the plural of cereal.
核心释义
尤指早餐麦片
A breakfast food made from grain, usually eaten with milk.
- 1.
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.
- 2.
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
- 3.
此类禾本科植物的谷粒。
The grains of such a grass.
- 4.
由谷物草的淀粉谷物制成的食品
foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
- 5.
早餐麦片。
Breakfast cereal.
- 6.
由谷物制成的早餐食品
a breakfast food prepared from grain
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
用法In use
I usually have cereal with milk for breakfast.
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.
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.
用法提示：复数cereals指不同种类的早餐麦片。
eat/have cereal
指谷物早餐食品。
I usually eat cereal for breakfast.
我通常早餐吃麦片。
a bowl of cereal
表示一份的量。
She poured a bowl of cereal.
她倒了一碗麦片。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- breakfast cereal
- 早餐麦片
- I usually have breakfast cereal with milk.我通常吃牛奶泡的早餐麦片。
- cereal grain
- 谷粒
- Wheat is a common cereal grain.小麦是一种常见的谷粒。
- a bowl of cereal
- 一碗麦片
- She poured herself a bowl of cereal.她给自己倒了一碗麦片。
- cereal crop
- 谷类作物
- Farmers are harvesting the cereal crops.农民们正在收割谷类作物。
- eat cereal
- 吃麦片
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
cereal（麦片）与serial（连续的）发音相同，联想早上连续吃麦片。
语境与语域Context & Register
通常用于早餐或购物语境，指代谷物早餐食品；在农业或营养学语境中指代谷类植物。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数时指谷物种类或早餐麦片，不可数时指谷物食品
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words share the 'eal' spelling ending with 'cereal'. However, 'cereal' is pronounced /ˈsɪriəl/ (like 'serial'), while these words have a long /iːl/ sound and do not rhyme with 'cereal'. The perfect rhyme for 'cereal' is 'serial' (/ˈsɪriəl/).
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.