cereal英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains. countable
The grains of such a grass. uncountable
Breakfast cereal. uncountable

— Would you like some cereal?

形容词 adj.

Of or relating to cereal. not-comparable

— Wheat .. is, of all the cereal seeds, the best adapted to the making of bread.

词形变化

cereals plural

词汇关系

衍生词

cereal bar cereal dust cerealic cerealin cerealist cereal killer cereal leaf beetle cerealogy noncereal pee in someone's cereal piss in someone's cereal pseudocereal shit in someone's cereal

词源

词源 1

Borrowed from French céréale (“having to do with cereal”), from Latin Cerealis (“of or relating to Ceres”), from Ceres (“Roman goddess of agriculture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“grow”), from which also Latin sincerus (English sincere) and Latin crēscō (“grow”) (English crescent). The adjective is equivalent to Cere(s) + -al.

词源 2

Borrowed from French céréale (“having to do with cereal”), from Latin Cerealis (“of or relating to Ceres”), from Ceres (“Roman goddess of agriculture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“grow”), from which also Latin sincerus (English sincere) and Latin crēscō (“grow”) (English crescent). The adjective is equivalent to Cere(s) + -al.