cereal

名词 cereal:

1. grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
   同义词：cereal grass
2. foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
   同义词：grain, food grain
3. a breakfast food prepared from grain

形容词 cereal:

1. made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it

1. He sprinkled sugar over his cereal.
   他在麦片粥里撒上了糖。
2. A small, dry, one-seeded fruit of a cereal grass, having the fruit and the seed walls united.
   谷粒谷草的小且干燥的单种子果实，果实与种壁连在一起
3. The edible whole or coarsely ground grains of a cereal grass.
   粗磨粉谷类植物完全或粗磨的可食用颗粒
4. I have a bowl of cereal every morning.
   我每天早晨吃一碗麦片粥。
5. Cereal products are good for our health.
   谷物产品对我们的身体有益。

ce.re.al

n.（名词）

A grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
谷物：一种如小麦、燕麦或玉米的禾本科植物，其淀粉质谷粒可作为食物
The grain of such a grass.
粮食：此类作物的谷粒
Any of several other plants or their edible seed or fruit, such as buckwheat or grain amaranth.
荞麦：其它植物或其可食用的种子或果实，如荞麦或苋属作物
A food prepared from any of these plants, especially a breakfast food made from commercially processed grain.
荞麦食品：一种用这些作物做成的食品，尤指商业加工过的谷物所做的早餐
adj.（形容词）
Consisting of or relating to grain or to a plant producing grain.
谷物的，谷物制成的：由谷粒或与产生谷粒的植物组成的或与之相关的

来源：
From Latin cere3lis [of grain]
源自 拉丁语 cere3lis [谷物的]
from Cerôs [Ceres] * see ker- 2
源自 Cerôs [蜡膜] *参见 ker- 2