oat
/əʊt/noun
1- an Old World cereal which is cultivated chiefly in cool climates and is widely used for animal feed（作为饲料的）燕麦。
1.1
- Avena sativa, family Gramineae.拉丁名Avena sativa,禾本科。
1.2
oats
the grain yielded by this, used as food（作为粮食的）燕麦。
1.3
- used in names of wild grasses related to the cultivated oat, e.g. wild oat［用于与人工种植的燕麦有亲缘关系的杂草名称中, 如wild oat］。
短语
feel one's oats
- US informal feel lively and energetic〈美, 非正式〉感到精力充沛。
get one's oats
- Brit. informal have sexual intercourse〈英, 非正式〉性交。
sow one's wild oats
- go through a period of wild or promiscuous behaviour while young（年轻时）过放荡生活, 厮混。
派生词
oaten
adjective （archaic 〈古〉）oaty
adjective词源
Old English āte, plural ātan, of unknown origin. Unlike other names of cereals （such as wheat, barley, etc.）, oat is not a mass noun and may originally have denoted the individual grain, which may imply that oats were eaten in grains and not as meal.