cereal

/ˈsɪəriəl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsɪriəl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈsir-ē-əl/ (ame, mw)

cereal — noun

  • cerealsingular
  • cerealsplural

1. a breakfast food made from processed grains, typically eaten with milk poured ov

1.名詞A2
釋義

a breakfast food made from processed grains, typically eaten with milk poured over it

例句

Leila poured herself a bowl of cereal and sliced a banana on top.

bowl of cereal — common serving collocation

The children ate their cereal quickly before catching the school bus.

同義詞
  • breakfast cereal

    the full term; adds specificity in contexts where cereal could mean the plant

  • muesli

    a specific type of uncooked cereal with oats, fruit, and nuts

  • granola

    baked cereal that is crunchier and often sweetened

  • porridge

    hot cereal made by boiling grains in water or milk, typically oats

文法句型

a bowl of + cereal

eat + cereal

cereal + for + breakfast

用法筆記

Uncountable in this sense — 'some cereal', 'a bowl of cereal', never 'a cereal' when referring to the breakfast dish itself.

常見錯誤

❌I ate a cereal for breakfast.
✅I ate a bowl of cereal for breakfast.
💡the breakfast food sense is uncountable; use a measure phrase like 'a bowl of' or 'some'.

2. a type of grass cultivated for its edible seeds, such as wheat, rice, oats, or b

2.名詞B1
釋義

a type of grass cultivated for its edible seeds, such as wheat, rice, oats, or barley, used as food or for making flour

例句

Farmers in the region grow cereals such as wheat and barley for export.

cereals such as wheat and barley — names common types

The Okafor family watched the price of cereal crops like rice rise sharply that season.

cereal crops — typical agricultural collocation

同義詞
  • grain

    broader term — grain can mean the seed itself; cereal more specifically means the grass plant

  • crop

    general term for any cultivated plant harvested for food; cereal is a subset

文法句型

cereal + noun (cereal crops)

the + plural cereals

用法筆記

Often used in the plural (cereals) when referring to different types or species. The singular form (cereal) can refer to the category as a whole.

常見錯誤

❌Rice and wheat are important cereals in the human diet.
✅Rice and wheat are important grain crops in the human diet.
💡'cereal' as a countable noun refers to the living plant, not the harvested ingredient; use 'grain' for the food ingredient itself.

cereal — adjective