oat

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A noun referring to a cereal grain or the plant that produces it, typically used as food for humans or fodder for animals, and most commonly encountered in its plural form 'oats'.

• 🇨🇳指一种禾本科谷物作物或其籽粒，常作为人类食物或动物饲料，籽粒通常加工成燕麦片或燕麦粉食用。

1. Cereal plant A2 formal

   A type of annual grass native to Europe and North Africa, cultivated for its edible grains used as food for humans and fodder for animals.

   • The farmer planted a field of oats this spring.
   • Oats are a hardy crop that can grow in poor soil.
   • The horses were fed a diet of hay and oats.

   🇨🇳燕麦

2. Edible grain A2 formal

   The seed of the oat plant, typically processed into rolled oats or oatmeal for human consumption.

   • She cooked a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast.
   • Oats are a good source of fiber and nutrients.
   • He added oats to the cookie recipe for extra texture.

   🇨🇳燕麦

• oats plural form
• oats' possessive plural form
• oat's possessive singular form