Cereal



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.谷类; 谷类食品
• ［英］ n.谷类 ( any grain used for food) ; 谷类食品 ( food made from grain)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: ce-real, ""真正的好东西"" -> 食品

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: French or Latin; French céréale, from Latin cerealis of Ceres, of grain, from Ceres
• Date: 1818
• relating to grain or to the plants that produce it; also made of grain

II. noun

• Date: 1832
• 1. a plant (as a grass) yielding starchy grain suitable for food; also its grain
• 2. a prepared foodstuff of grain (as oatmeal or cornflakes)

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