wheat
意味
- 小麦
例文
The wheat crop bears a good harvest every year.
毎年小麦は豊作だ。
The farmer regretted having wasted some wheat.
その農民は小麦を無駄にしたことを後悔した。
Can you tell barley from wheat at first sight?
大麦と小麦を一目見て見分けられますか。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Norwegian Bokmål hvete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Faroese and Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white.