English Dictionary

oat

IPA（発音記号）

/əʊt/

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞 複数扱い 通常

(uncountable) Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa. / (countable) Any of the numerous species, varieties, or cultivars of any of several similar grain plants in genus Avena.

日本語の意味

オート麦：広く栽培される穀物用の草本植物（主にAvena sativa）を指す。 / アベナ属に属する複数の種、品種、栽培変種を含む穀物植物全般を指す。

Oat is a nutritious cereal that grows well in cool climates and is often used in porridge and granola.

燕麦は栄養価の高い穀物で、冷涼な気候でよく育ち、オートミールやグラノーラによく使われます。

意味（1）

(uncountable) Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.

The oat stalks made good straw.

意味（2）

(countable) Any of the numerous species, varieties, or cultivars of any of several similar grain plants in genus Avena.

The wild red oat is thought to be the ancestor of modern food oats.

意味（3）

(usually as plural) The seeds of the oat, a grain, harvested as a food crop.

The point is, except in Scotland, people eat comparatively few oats. Scotland's another story, though you'll have to decide how seriously to take it. The way the story goes is that in eastern Scotland, the unmarried plowmen didn't eat anything but oats and milk, except for an occasional potato.

意味（4）

A simple musical pipe made of oat-straw.

意味（5）

The tiniest amount; a whit or jot.

Few of them care an oat for the niceties of the arrow sport, but for the young lords that may be on a hunt!

oats （ plural ）