| 单词 | victual |
| 释义 | victual (once / 1269 pages) nv A victual is anything that can be eaten. Victuals are food. Victual is a fancy word for a very simple thing: any substance that can be used as food. Everything in the food pyramid is a victual, and whatever you eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks are victuals. Words that apply to victuals are eatable and edible. A toddler eating a cigarette butt doesn't quite understand what's a victual and what's not. WORD FAMILYvictual: victualed, victualer, victualing, victualled, victualling, victuals+/victualer: victualers USAGE EXAMPLESPests feast on badly stored produce; potholed roads mean victuals rot on slow journeys to market. Economist(Dec 14, 2016) “Victuals” takes readers on the road to explore modern Appalachia. Washington Post(Aug 29, 2016) It remains the only victual I have paid for at the Downs. Washington Times(May 10, 2016) 1n any substance that can be used as food Syn|Hypo|Hyper comestible, eatable, edible, pabulum, victuals tuck eatables (especially sweets) food, nutrient any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue 2v supply with food The population was victualed during the war Hyper furnish, provide, render, supply give something useful or necessary to 3v lay in provisions The vessel victualled before the long voyage Hyper hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store keep or lay aside for future use 4v take in nourishment Hyper eat eat a meal; take a meal |
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