单词 | meals on wheels |
释义 | meals on wheelsnoun (sometimes initial capital letter)a program, usually one supported or subsidized by a charitable, social, or government agency, for delivering hot meals regularly to elderly, disabled, or convalescing persons who are housebound and cannot cook for themselves. Origin of meals on wheelsFirst recorded in 1960–65 Words nearby meals on wheelsmealie, mealie meal, mealie pap, mealies, meal moth, meals on wheels, meal ticket, mealtime, mealworm, mealy, mealybug Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for meals on wheelsmeals on wheels meals-on-wheelsnoun(functioning as singular) social welfare, British a service, usually subsidized, and run by a social services department or voluntary body, which delivers hot meals to elderly or housebound people who might otherwise be unable to have them Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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