wheat
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++wheat /wiːt/ ●●○ noun [uncountable] 1 DFTAthe grain that bread is made from, or the plant that it grows on 小麦 a field of wheat 小麦地2. separate the wheat from the chaff CHOOSEto choose the good and useful things or people and get rid of the others 分清好坏，去芜存菁
Examples from the Corpus
wheat• For example, one year Marvin Lugar allowed the children to buy one acre of wheat with their savings.• In Arizona, less than 10 percent of wheat fields are quarantined.• Straw from the previous wheat crop was chopped and spread before the heavy soil was deep cultivated.• I am absolutely not going to drill any second wheat land before October, unless flooding is forecast.• This land was dry-farmed, and those weeds were using precious rainfall that was needed by the wheat.• In mid-March, at the Chicago Board of Trade, a bubble in the wheat pit sent prices flying.• He may however increase the annual payment to wheat farmers under the five-year phase out plan of the old farming policy.• In addition, a 7 percent increase in the winter wheat crop acres raised hope stockpiles would rise later this year.Origin wheat Old English hwætewheat nounChinese
Corpus is that bread grain or made the from,
wheat
wheat /wiːt/
noun [uncountable]
a field of wheat
2. separate the wheat from the chaff to choose the good and useful things or people and get rid of the others
wheat /wiːt/
noun [uncountable] Language: Old English
Origin: hwæte
1. the grain that bread is made from, or the plant that it grows on:Origin: hwæte
2. separate the wheat from the chaff to choose the good and useful things or people and get rid of the others
Growing food and raising animals 种植粮食和饲养动物
plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley植树；播种；种庄稼；种植葡萄树；种大麦 grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit种植／生产玉米／小麦／大米／水果 plough/ ( NAmE plow land/a field耕地；犁田 sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields播种／收获谷粒／农作物／庄稼 spread manure/fertilizer on sth给…施撒粪肥／肥料 cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land耕作／灌溉／浇灌／污染庄稼／植物／田地／土地 damage/destroy/lose your crop损害／毁坏／损失农作物 ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes催熟／采摘水果／浆果／葡萄 press/dry/ferment grapes压榨／晾干／发酵葡萄 grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat磨／打谷物／玉米／小麦 raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs饲养鸡／家禽／牛／猪 raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep饲养／喂养／放养家畜／牛／羊 kill/slaughter livestock屠宰家畜 preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat防腐保存／熏／加工贮藏／用盐腌制肉
Modern farming 现代农场经营
run a fish farm/an organic dairy经营养鱼场／有机乳品场 engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming从事集约型（生猪／渔业）养殖 use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides使用（化学／有机）肥料／杀虫剂 begin/do/conduct field trials of GM(= cropsgenetically modified )开始／进行转基因作物的田间试验 grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods种植／研发转基因作物／种子／植物／粮食 fund/invest in genetic engineering/research资助／投资基因工程／研究 improve/increase crop yields提高／增加粮食产量 face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages面临／遭受／缓解食物短缺 label food that contains GMOs(= genetically modified organisms )给含有转基因生物的食品贴标签 eliminate/reduce farm subsidies取消／减少农业补贴 oppose/be against factory farming/GM food反对工厂化养殖／转基因食品 promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming促进／鼓励／支持有机／可持续农耕
