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oats

noun
🔊/əʊts/
🔊/əʊts/
 [plural]Idioms
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  1. grain grown in cool countries as food for animals and for making flour, porridge, etc. 燕麦
    see also oatTopics Farmingc2, Foodc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • whole
    • rolled
    • porridge
    • …
    … of oats
    • field
    verb + oats
    • grow
    • sow
    • harvest
    • …
    oats + verb
    • grow
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Idioms
sow (your) wild oats
  1. (of young men青年男子) to go through a period of wild behaviour while young, especially having a lot of romantic or sexual relationships过放荡不羁的生活
    • He wants to leave home, sow his wild oats and learn about life.他想离开家，种下野燕麦，了解生活。