Oats are a grain — the small pale seeds of a plant, in the same broad family of foods as rice and wheat. Farmers grow the plant, then take the seeds.

OatsOats（燕麥） are a grain是一種穀物—— the small pale seeds of a plant是一種植物淡色的小種子， in the same broad family of foods as rice and wheat跟稻米、小麥算是同一個大家族的食物。Farmers農夫 grow the plant種這種植物， then take the seeds再收下種子。

People cook those seeds, roll them flat, or grind them into flour. A warm bowl of them with milk is a very ordinary breakfast in Britain, especially in Scotland; bakers put them in biscuits and bread; and farmers still feed them to horses.

People人們 cook those seeds把這些種子煮熟、 roll them flat壓成扁片、 or grind them into flour或磨成麵粉。A warm bowl of them with milk一碗加牛奶的熱燕麥 is a very ordinary breakfast in Britain在英國是很普通的早餐， especially in Scotland尤其是在蘇格蘭； bakers put them in biscuits and bread烘焙師會把它們加進餅乾和麵包裡； and farmers still feed them to horses農夫也還是會拿來餵馬。

Though actually, English almost always says oats with an s for the stuff in the bag, even when you do not mean “many different oats.” You buy a bag of oats. The form without s, oat, is mainly a describing word in front of another noun: oat milk, oat flour, oat biscuits.

Though actually不過其實， English almost always says oats with an s英文幾乎都會用有 s 的 oats， for the stuff in the bag來指袋子裡那種東西， even when you do not mean “many different oats.”即使你不是在講「好幾種不同的燕麥」。You buy a bag of oats.你會說 you buy a bag of oats（買一袋燕麥）。The form without s, oat沒有 s 的 oat 這個形式， is mainly a describing word in front of another noun主要是放在另一個名詞前面當形容用的字： oat milk, oat flour, oat biscuits像 oat milk（燕麥奶）、oat flour（燕麥粉）、oat biscuits（燕麥餅乾）。

People also stretch the word in an old saying, to sow your wild oats, meaning a young person lives in a free, sometimes careless way before they settle down — the oats there are a picture, not breakfast.

People also stretch the word人們也會把這個字用得更寬， in an old saying, to sow your wild oats用在一句老話 to sow your wild oats 裡， meaning a young person lives in a free, sometimes careless way before they settle down意思是年輕人在定下來之前，過一段自由、有時有點隨便的日子—— the oats there are a picture, not breakfast那裡的 oats 是個比喻的畫面，不是早餐。