名詞 oat:

1. annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
2. seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats')

1. Give the horse some oats.
   給馬喂些燕麥。
2. Fluctuations in temperatures put their results oat by a mile.
   由于溫度起伏不定，他們的測驗結果很不準確。
3. Is/Are porridge oats on the breakfast menu?
   早餐的食譜上有燕麥粥嗎?
4. The soldier hollowed oat a foxhole in the ground to lie in.
   那士兵在地上挖了個散兵坑以便藏身。
5. Oats mainly grow in cool climate.
   燕麥主要生長在氣候涼爽的地區(qū)。

oat

n.（名詞）
Often oats (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
常作 oats （與單數(shù)或復數(shù)動詞連用）
Any of various grasses of the genusAvena, especially A. sativa, widely cultivated for their edible grains.
燕麥：燕麥 屬禾本科植物，尤指 野燕麥 ，因其可食谷粒而廣泛種植
The grain of any of these plants, used as food and fodder.
燕麥谷粒：這些植物的谷粒，用作食品和飼料
Archaic A musical pipe made of an oat straw.
【古語】 麥桿苗：燕麥桿制成的管狀樂器

來源：
Middle English ote
中古英語 ote
from Old English 3te
源自 古英語 3te