| 单词 | to make a meal on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a (also one's) meal on (also upon) P4. to make a (also one's) meal on (also upon): to devour, to feed on. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat voraciously forswallowOE gulch?c1225 afretea1350 moucha1350 glop1362 gloup1362 forglut1393 worrya1400 globbec1400 forsling1481 slonk1481 franch1519 gull1530 to eat up1535 to swallow up1535 engorge1541 gulp1542 ramp1542 slosh1548 raven1557 slop1575 yolp1579 devour1586 to throw oneself on1592 paunch1599 tire1599 glut1600 batten1604 frample1606 gobbet1607 to make a (also one's) meal on (also upon)a1616 to make a (also one's) meal of1622 gorge1631 demolish1639 gourmanda1657 guttle1685 to gawp up1728 nyam1790 gamp1805 slummock1808 annihilate1815 gollop1823 punish1825 engulf1829 hog1836 scoff1846 brosier1850 to pack away1855 wolf1861 locust1868 wallop1892 guts1934 murder1935 woof1943 pelicana1953 pig1979 a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 119 O thou mine heire..what strange fish Hath made his meale on thee? View more context for this quotation 1728 W. Byrd Jrnl. 2 Oct. in Hist. Dividing Line (1929) 165 Poor Puss was unhappily making a Meal on a Fox Squirrel. a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) 24 I had made many a Meal on Bread. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxix. 332 Once or twice, when our bullocks failed..we were obliged to make a meal upon dry bread and water. < as lemmas |
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