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A soft, warm breakfast food made by cooking crushed (a grain) in water or milk. It's also the word for the crushed themselves, before cooking, sold in a box or bag. It's a very common, plain breakfast, especially in the US and UK.
燕麥粥；燕麥片
組成oat (the grain) + meal (ground grain, food made from grinding something — as in cornmeal).
同家族的字
- cornmealshares the -meal part, meaning ground grain
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
oatmealnoun/ˈoʊtmil/
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Meal made from rolled or round oats.
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A breakfast cereal made from rolled oats, cooked in milk or water.
- As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.
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A light greyish brown colour, like that of oatmeal.
oatmealadj/ˈoʊtmil/
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Of a light greyish brown colour, like that of oatmeal.
- Boldly patterned textiles in oatmeal tones with a woven design in a strongly contrasting colour can be used alike for upholstery and as a wall hanging […]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。