| 单词 | at meal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat meal P3. at meal: at table, at mealtimes; dining. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [adverb] > at meals at (the) meateOE at mealc1400 at tablec1400 at meat and meal1599 c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. i. 24 Mete at meel for myseise of þiselue. a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 258 But if mans Flesch fare wel Bot[h]e at mete and at mel, Dyth I am in gret del. 1533 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe 42 b For moche abundance of drinke at meale, drowneth the meate eaten. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Accubare apud aliquem, to be at the table in a mans house: to sitte at meale with him. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 185 The wholesomnesse of wine..moderately taken at meale..is..well knowne. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 235. ⁋3 It was an unspeakable Pleasure to visit or sit at Meal in that Family. 1808 M. G. Lewis Tales of Terror (ed. 2) 76 Yet oft have I seen you, when hungry at meal, 'On a dead bullock's heart gaze with tender delight. 1876 W. Morris First Foray of Aristomenes in Two Sides of River 17 The pillared house, through whose court-gates flung wide Came sound of folk at meal in hot noontide. < as lemmas |
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