随着生活水平的提高,一种名为“麦片”的饮食近年渐渐进入我国寻常百姓家。顾名思义,“麦片”即用燕麦或大麦粒压成的小片(《现代汉语词典》增补本,商务印书馆,2002)。很显然,麦片的原料应该是大麦或燕麦,不过,似也有使用小麦的。据查,时下不少汉英辞书(如外研社1995年出版的《 With the improvement of living standards, a diet called “oatmeal” has gradually entered the homes of ordinary people in China in recent years. As the name implies, “grain” is a small piece pressed with oats or barley grains (Additional to Modern Chinese Dictionary, Commercial Press, 2002). Obviously, the raw material for cereals should be barley or oats, but it seems that wheat is also used. According to investigations, there are quite a few Chinese-English dictionaries (such as those published by FLTRP in 1995).