“麦杆”常见的英文表达是 wheat straw 。“wheat”意思是“小麦”，“straw”有“稻草；麦秆；吸管”等含义，所以“wheat straw”就表示“麦杆”。例如：The farmers were busy bundling up the wheat straw.（农民们正忙着把麦杆捆成捆。）