meal 英 [mi:l] 　 美 [mil]

meal

meal　 英 [mi:l] 美 [mil]

n. 一餐，一顿饭　

名词复数:meals　

Try not to eat between meals.　两餐之间尽量别吃东西。
Lunch is his main meal of the day.　午饭是他的正餐。

  • When you eat a meal, you sit down and dine on food. Breakfast is usually the first meal of the day, but if you oversleep your first meal might be lunch instead.
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  • n. 一餐，一顿饭

  • 1. Try not to eat between meals.

    两餐之间尽量别吃东西。

  • 2. Lunch is his main meal of the day.

    午饭是他的正餐。

  • 3. to go out for a meal

    上馆子用餐

  • 4. Enjoy your meal.

    请用餐。

  • 5. a three-course meal

    有三道菜的一顿饭

  • meal (n.1) "food; time for eating," c. 1200 (perhaps late Old English), mel "appointed time for eating," also "a meal, feast," from Old English mæl "fixed time, occasion, a meal," from Proto-Germanic *mæla- (source also of Old Frisian mel "time;" Middle Dutch mael, Dutch maal "time, meal;" Old Norse mal "measure, time, meal;" German Mal "time," Mahl "meal;" Gothic mel "time, hour"), from PIE *me-lo-, from root *me- (2) "to measure."
  • meal (n.2) "edible ground grain," Old English melu "meal, flour," from Proto-Germanic *melwan "grind" (source also of Old Frisian mele "meal," Old Saxon melo, Middle Dutch mele, Dutch meel, Old High German melo, German Mehl, Old Norse mjöl "meal;" Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic malan "to grind," German mahlen), from PIE root *mele- "to crush, grind."
meal ★ / miːl ; NAmE miːl / noun 1 ★ [countable ] an occasion when people sit down to eat food, especially breakfast, lunch or dinner 早（或午、晚）餐；一顿饭 ◆ Try not to eat between meals. 两餐之间尽量别吃东西。 ◆ Lunch is his main meal of the day. 午饭是他的正餐。 ◆ ( especially BrE) to go out for a meal (= to go to a restaurant to have a meal) 上馆子用餐 ◆ What time would you like your evening meal? 你打算几点钟吃晚饭？ ☞ collocationsat restaurant 2 ★ [countable ] the food that is eaten at a meal 一餐所吃的食物 ◆ Enjoy your meal. 请用餐。 ◆ a three-course meal 有三道菜的一顿饭 3 [uncountable ] ( often in compounds 常构成复合词 ) grain that has been crushed to produce a powder, used as food for animals and for making flour 谷物粗粉（用作饲料或加工面粉） ☞see also bonemeal , oatmeal  (1 ) , wholemeal IDIOM make a ˈmeal of sth ( informal) to spend a lot of time, energy, etc. doing sth in a way that other people think is unnecessary and/or annoying 小题大做；做事过于认真 ☞more at square   adj. MORE ABOUT 补充说明 meals ■ People use the words dinner, lunch, supperand teain different ways depending on which English-speaking country they come from. In Britain it may also depend on which part of the country or which social class a person comes from. 来自不同英语国家的人使用 dinner、lunch、supper 和 tea 的方式各不相同。在英国，这些词的用法按某人来自的地区和社会阶层而有所区别。 ■ A meal eaten in the middle of the day is usually called lunch.If it is the main meal of the day it may also be called dinnerin BrE,especially in the north of the country. 午餐通常叫做 lunch，但在英式英语中，尤其在英国北部，如果是一天的主餐，亦可叫做 dinner。 ■ A main meal eaten in the evening is usually called dinner,especially if it is a formal meal. Supperis also an evening meal, but more informal than dinnerand usually eaten at home. It can also be a late meal or something to eat and drink before going to bed. 晚上的主餐，尤其是正式用餐，通常叫做 dinner。supper 亦为晚餐，但不如 dinner 正式，而且一般在家里吃，亦可指较晚的晚餐或睡前夜宵。 ■ In BrE, teais a light meal in the afternoon with sandwiches, cakes, etc. and a cup of tea. 在英式英语中，tea 指下午的茶点，包括三明治、糕点等和一杯茶： ◆ a cream tea 奶油茶点 It can also be a main meal eaten early in the evening, especially by children. *tea 亦可指傍晚主餐，尤指孩子傍晚食用的： ◆ What time do the kids have their tea? 孩子们什么时候用傍晚主餐？ ■ As a general rule, if dinneris the word someone uses for the meal in the middle of the day, they probably call the meal in the evening teaor supper.If they call the meal in the middle of the day lunch,they probably call the meal in the evening dinner. 一般说来，若午餐叫 dinner，晚餐则大多叫 tea 或 supper。如果午餐叫 lunch，晚餐则大多叫 dinner。 ■ Brunch,a combination of breakfast and lunch, is becoming more common, especially as a meal where your guests serve themselves. *brunch 是早餐和午餐合二为一的早午餐，如今日趋普遍，尤为自助餐形式。 meal meals meal / miːl ; NAmE miːl /
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