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单词 oatcakes
释义

oat /ōt/

noun
  1. (more often in pl) a well-known genus (Avena) of grasses, esp Avena sativa, whose seeds are much used as food
  2. (in pl) its seeds
  3. A musical pipe of oat-straw (classical literature)
  4. A shepherd's pipe (literary and poetic)
  5. Pastoral song generally (literary)
ORIGIN: OE āte, pl ātan

oatˈen adjective

  1. Consisting of an oat stem or straw
  2. Made of oatmeal

oatˈer noun (N Am inf)

A Wild West film, a horse opera

oatˈy adjective

Like oats

oatˈcake noun

A hard dry biscuit made with oatmeal

oat grass noun

A grass of Avena or similar genus used more as fodder than for the seed

oatˈmeal noun

  1. Meal made of oats
  2. The pale variegated brown colour of oatmeal

adjective

Of this colour

feel one's oats (informal)

To be lively and energetic or (esp N American) assertive

get one's oats (slang)

To have sexual intercourse

off one's oats (informal)

Without appetite, off one's food

sow one's wild oats

To indulge in youthful dissipation or excesses

wild oats

A wild species of oat (Avena fatua)

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