单词 | wheat |
释义 | wheatwheat /wiːt/ ●●○ noun [uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINwheat ExamplesOrigin: Old English hwæteEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS word sets
WORD SETS► Agriculture Collocationsagrarian, adjectiveagribusiness, nounagro-, prefixagro-industry, nounanimal husbandry, nounanimal rights, nounartificial insemination, nounbale, nounbale, verbbarn, nounbarnyard, nounbattery, nounbiotechnology, nounbreadbasket, nounbreed, verbbreeding, nounbroiler, nounbroiler chicken, nounBSE, nounbuckaroo, nounbull, nounbutcher, verbbyre, nouncapon, nouncattleman, nouncattle market, nouncattle prod, nounchaff, nounchicken, nounchicken run, nouncollective farm, nouncoop, nounco-op, nouncorral, nouncorral, verbcowboy, nouncowgirl, nouncowhand, nouncowpoke, nouncreamery, nouncroft, nouncrofter, nouncrofting, nouncultivate, verbcultivation, noundairy, noundairy cattle, noundairy farm, noundairymaid, noundairyman, nounDDT, noundip, verbdip, noundirt farmer, noundrover, noundry-stone wall, noundude ranch, nounDutch barn, nounextensive agriculture, factory farming, nounfallow, adjectivefarm, nounfarm, verbfarmer, nounfarmhand, nounfarmhouse, nounfarming, nounfarmland, nounfarmstead, nounfarmyard, nounfeedstock, nounfield, nounfishery, nounfish farm, nounfish meal, nounflail, verbflail, nounfleece, nounfodder, nounfold, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounforage, nounfowl, nounfree-range, adjectivefungicide, noungamekeeper, noungeld, verbgenetically modified, adjectivegentleman farmer, nounGM, adjectivegoatherd, noungraft, noungraft, verbgranary, noungreenhouse, noungreen revolution, nounGreen Revolution, nounhacienda, nounharrow, nounhatchery, nounhayloft, nounhaymaking, nounhaystack, nounheifer, nounhen house, nounherbicide, nounherd, nounherd, verbherdsman, nounhigh-yield, adjectivehired hand, nounhomestead, nounhomestead, verbhopper, nounhorticulture, nounhusbandry, nounhutch, nouninsecticide, nounintensive agriculture, irrigate, verbJersey, nounkibbutz, nounlamb, verbland agent, nounlasso, nounlasso, verblift, verblitter, nounlivestock, nounlonghorn, nounmad cow disease, nounmanure, nounmeat, nounmerino, nounmilk, nounmilk churn, nounmilking machine, nounmilking parlour, nounmilkmaid, nounmixed farming, nounmower, nounmuck, nounmuckheap, nounnursery, nounoast house, nounorangery, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic farming, paddock, nounpaddy, nounpasturage, nounpasture, nounpasture, verbpastureland, nounpen, nounperpendicular, adjectivepest, nounpesticide, nounpiggery, nounpigpen, nounpigsty, nounpigswill, nounpitchfork, nounplantation, nounplanter, nounplough, nounplough, verbploughboy, nounploughman, nounploughshare, nounpoultry, nounproducer, nounpullet, nounPYO, raise, verbranch, nounrancher, nounranching, nounrange, nounranger, nounrear, verbrick, nounrubber, nounrun, nounrustle, verbscarecrow, nounscythe, nounsharecropper, nounshare-cropper, nounshear, verbshearer, nounsheep-dip, nounsheepdog, nounsheep-pen, nounshepherd, nounshepherdess, nounsickle, nounsilage, nounsilo, nounslaughter, verbslaughterhouse, nounsmallholding, nounsow, verbsow, nounsprayer, nounstable, nounstable, verbstable boy, nounstall, nounstation, nounsteer, nounstock, nounstockbreeder, nounstockman, nounstockyard, nounstubble, nounsty, nounswill, nounswine, nounswineherd, nountenant farmer, nounterrace, nounthresh, verbthreshing machine, nountractor, nountrough, nountruck farm, nountrue, adverbudder, nounvillein, nounvineyard, nounweedkiller, nounweevil, nounwheat, nounwheatgerm, nounwheatmeal, nounwinnow, verbwool, nounwrangler, nounyoke, nounyoke, verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the corn/cotton/wheat belt 1the grain that bread is made from, or the plant that it grows on: a field of wheat2separate the wheat from the chaff to choose the good and useful things or people and get rid of the others (=where corn/cotton etc is grown)· Western Australia's wheat belt ► the wheat/cereal/rice etc crop· In January farmers prepare the ground for the potato crop. ► a corn/wheat/rice etc field· In summer the rice fields were lush and green. ► a field of corn/wheat/rice etc· The road was surrounded by fields of corn. ► white/wholemeal/rice/wheat etc flourCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► hard· There are about six types of high-gluten flour, some made with hard spring wheat and some with hard winter wheat.· Generally, the harder the wheat the better it is for bread; the softer wheats are better for pastries.· Try your natural foods market and, if it does not have unbleached high-gluten flour, ask for hard spring wheat flour.· This is hard red number-one wheat. ► red· This is hard red number-one wheat. ► whole· Add whole wheat flour and all-purpose flour and stir.· And we know all the toast was white -- hey, we ran out of whole wheat and rye and muffins.· No, not the whole wheat.· More whole wheat usually means a slightly heavier bread that has a tighter gluten network but is perfectly satisfy-ing.· There are also recipes that use only whole wheat flour yet yield a fairly light loaf.· Mastering Macintosh would be as simple as dropping a couple of pieces of whole wheat into the Sunbeam.· Maybe the Dakota appeals to you -- a whole wheat bread with millet, sunflower, pumpkin and sesame seeds added. NOUN► beer· This is a style of wheat beer that I especially enjoy, with its teasing counterpoint of tartness and chocolate-malt sweetness.· Some of the wilder wheat beers might taste odd to the uninitiated, but not to people who grew up with them.· The company was acquired last year by the regional brewer Riva, best known for its Dentergens wheat beer. ► bread· Whether it is white bread or wheat bread, it is, to be kind, mediocre bread.· Making good wheat bread is a satisfying experience for a number of reasons.· Maybe the Dakota appeals to you -- a whole wheat bread with millet, sunflower, pumpkin and sesame seeds added. ► crop· Further away in commercialisation terms, work on lentils at Reading University suggests that following wheat crops would have lower N requirements.· Winter wheat crop reported to be in fair-to-good condition.· Straw from the previous wheat crop was chopped and spread before the heavy soil was deep cultivated.· The Agriculture Department said Monday the wheat crop in 19 states is in poor or very poor condition.· The problems of a poor wheat crop were overcome and record volumes were produced at both mills in the fourth quarter.· In some sections of Sonora, the disease affects more than half of the wheat crop, Bowden said.· The former manor spread over several parishes, with a particular emphasis on sheep farming backed up by a large wheat crop.· Already, 40 percent of Texas' wheat crop has been lost. ► farmer· He may however increase the annual payment to wheat farmers under the five-year phase out plan of the old farming policy.· So in Britain in the 1870s many wheat farmers went over to meat production. ► field· Suggestions that he could avoid the damage by protecting the wheat fields with electric fencing do not impress Mr Berry.· But the scientists also will consider whether additional wheat fields should be quarantined and destroyed to contain the spores.· Then it flies off, with characteristic bounding flight, across a wheat field and into a wood.· In Arizona, less than 10 percent of wheat fields are quarantined.· Walking alongside a wheat field, admiring the vibrancy of poppies scattered in sparse splashes of scarlet, I spot something remarkable.· They had new weeding tractors and their wheat fields were still being run over by weeds. ► flour· Many people react adversely to gluten, present in wheat flour.· Try your natural foods market and, if it does not have unbleached high-gluten flour, ask for hard spring wheat flour.· Add whole wheat flour and all-purpose flour and stir.· There are also recipes that use only whole wheat flour yet yield a fairly light loaf.· As this is not always available, I've used wheat flour.· Mina is carrying the wheat flour in a bronze plate and the oil in a smaller bronze bowl bedded inside it. ► harvest· This led to a famine and a delay in the wheat harvest of 2 months.· By the 1880s half the wheat harvest was being exported.· At last the green straw, which had plagued wheat harvest from the start, had disappeared. ► price· This dilemma has become more acute now that wheat prices tend to behave unpredictably.· On other markets, coffee and wheat prices also rose. ► production· Their combined wheat production fell from 80 million tons in 1968 to 60 million in 1970.· Total national wheat production is expected to rise by 2 % year on year to 2.56 billion bushels. ► winter· The fields he could see from the window of Kirsham primary school rustled with winter wheat.· Holiday sales were slightly above 1994 levels. Winter wheat crop reported to be in fair-to-good condition.· But, under winter wheat, the income would be £9600.· There are about six types of high-gluten flour, some made with hard spring wheat and some with hard winter wheat.· Another herbicide, Isoproturon, is in much wider use as a means of controlling the blackgrass weed which affects winter wheat.· In addition, a 7 percent increase in the winter wheat crop acres raised hope stockpiles would rise later this year.· The ground used was where herbicide in the previous winter wheat had failed to provide any real control of blackgrass.· Already the young farmer has lost more than half his winter wheat crop to a crippling drought. VERB► cut· I left the trip until late July, of the local farmers cut their wheat and barley at the beginning of August.· Mountains cut into terraces with wheat, maize and rice. ► grow· Tests have shown that desert soil treated with the gel can grow rice and wheat.· Our earlier illustration indicated that Nebraska grows wheat to which its resources are suited and similarly Florida grows oranges.· Out came Dakota farmers who despaired at the meager profits they made growing wheat.· We grew wheat and made flour.· How does the climate seem to affect the choice of farmers in deciding where in Britain to grow wheat?· William helps the farmer next to us and he is disappointed because he grows really good wheat and spuds and cabbages.· Most holdings grew their own wheat and every village boasted a mill. ► produce· Bullock power to produce wheat is very inefficient.· Boise may produce wheat, while Boston produces computers.· Which team can produce the best wheat gross margin without spending the earth?· If column 2 exceeds column 3, a producer will continue to produce wheat. ► sell· Having an option doesn't have to affect how you physically sell wheat, or your relationship with local merchants. ► separate· This gives the courts a useful power to separate the wheat from the chaff among the pending cases.· But Pavelic said experienced detectives can quickly separate the wheat from the chaff. |
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