wheat n. 1.【植物;植物学】小麦。 2.〔美俚〕生手;老实人[青年];乡下人。 bread wheat 普通小麦。 English [rivel] wheat 圆锥小麦。 bearded [unbearded] wheat 有芒[无芒]小麦。 spring wheat 春小麦。 winter [fall] wheat 冬小麦。 durum [flint] wheat 硬粒小麦。 Indian wheat 荞麦。 as good as wheat 非常好。
To cite but one example : the development around 1840 of metal rollers for grinding grain helped to open up huge new opportunities for wheat farmers in eastern europe and the united states , areas that produced mainly hard high - gluten grains that had proved difficult to mill with earlier stone - grinding technology 19世纪40年前后谷物碾磨业所发明的金属磙筒为东欧和美国的麦农提供了大量的新机会。这些地区主要生产高粘度的实心谷物,用早期的石碾技术处理起来非常困难。