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meal

meal
[英] [mi:l] [美] [mil] 生词本

n.

vi.

  • 易混淆的单词：MEAL  

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1. N-COUNT 一餐;一顿饭 A meal is an occasion when people sit down and eat, usually at a regular time. 

  • She sat next to him throughout the meal...

    用餐时她一直坐在他身旁。

  • It's rare that I have an evening meal with my children.

    我难得跟孩子们一起吃晚饭。

2. N-COUNT 一餐所吃的食物 A meal is the food you eat during a meal. 

  • The waiter offered him red wine or white wine with his meal...

    侍者为他端上佐餐的红葡萄酒或者白葡萄酒。

  • Fresh fish makes a delicious meal.

    新鲜的鱼做菜非常美味。

3. N-UNCOUNT （谷物的）粗磨粉 Meal is a rough powder made of crushed grain. It is used to make flour or animal food. 
4. See also: bone meal;  
5. PHRASE 花费过多的时间或精力做…;对…小题大做 If you think someone is taking more time and energy to do something than is necessary, you can say that they are making a meal of it. 

  • Lawyers always make such a meal of the simplest little thing.

    律师总是死抠细节。

6. PHRASE 健康丰盛的一餐 If you have a square meal, you have a large healthy meal. 
Usage Note :

The first meal of the day is called breakfast. The most common word for the midday meal is lunch, but in some parts of Britain, and in some contexts, dinner is used as well. He seldom has lunch at all. ...school dinners. ...Christmas dinner. However, dinner is used mainly to refer to a meal in the evening. ...a celebratory dinner in the evening. In British English, it may also suggest a formal or special meal. Supper and tea are sometimes also used to refer to the evening meal, though for some people, supper is a snack in the late evening and tea is a light meal in the afternoon.

一天中的第一餐称作 breakfast。表示午餐最常用的词是 lunch，但英国有些地方在一些语境中也用 dinner：He seldom has lunch at all (他很少吃午餐)，school dinners (学校的午餐)，Christmas dinner (圣诞午餐)。不过 dinner 主要是指晚餐：a celebratory dinner in the evening (庆祝晚宴)。在英国英语中，dinner 也可以指正餐或特别的一餐。supper 与 tea 有时也指晚餐，不过对于有些人来说，supper 指夜宵，而 tea 则指下午茶。

Noun

1. the food served and eaten at one time

2. any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times

3. coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse

医学

  • 1.餐，膳食：①于特定或固定时间摄取一部分食品，常作有特殊目的的辅助诊断检查；②从各种谷类获得的粗粒食物
1. A good meal brought cheer to our hearts.
一顿美餐使我们心中愉快。

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2. After a hard day at work, a nice meal at home is just what the doctor ordered.
一天的辛苦工作后，家里的一顿美餐正合我意。

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3. After the meal, I could feel lethargy overtaking me.
饭后我昏昏欲睡。

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4. After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.
工作完了，他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。

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5. An improvement in our meal is hoped for.
大家希望改善一下伙食。

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6. Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?
你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐？

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7. At meal times the odour of sauerkrant vies with that of garlic.
吃饭的时候，德国泡菜的气味和大蒜的气味互相竟争着。

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8. Brush after each meal.
饭后刷牙。

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9. Can you slap up a meal for my friends before we rush to the game?
在我们赶去参加比赛之前，你能为我的朋友们赶做一顿饭吗？

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10. Can't you say anything about the meal?
你能不能就这顿饭说点什么？

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11. Do you wish wine with your meal, sir?
先生，你希望吃饭时喝点酒吗？

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12. Each person did his bit toward getting the meal on the table.
每个人都动手把饭菜摆在桌子上。

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13. Even though they weren't expecting me, they managed to knock up a marvelous meal.
他们虽然没想到我要来，但还是设法匆匆做了一顿丰盛的饭。

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14. Going out for a meal really made a hole in the week's money for food.
到外面吃饭使这星期伙食费大增。

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15. He has a gigantic appetite and eats gigantic meal.
他饭量特别大，吃得惊人的多。

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16. He looked with displeasure at the meal that was set before him.
他不高兴地望着摆在面前的饭菜。

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17. He made an excellent meal.
他吃了美味的食品。

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18. He was completely absorbed in reading and forgot even to take his meal.
他只顾看书，连饭都忘了吃。

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19. He was invited out to a meal yesterday.
昨天他应邀出去吃饭。

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20. He was quite above owing his meal to the request of a little girl.
他绝不屑于应一个小姑娘的邀请去吃饭。

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