| 单词 | meal |
| 释义 | meal 1. n. 1. an occasion when food is eaten. 2. the food eaten on one occasion. Phrases and idioms make a meal of 1. treat (a task etc.) too laboriously or fussily. 2. consume as a meal. meals on wheels Brit. a service by which meals are delivered to old people, invalids, etc. meal-ticket 1. a ticket entitling one to a meal, esp. at a specified place with reduced cost. 2. a person or thing that is a source of food or income. Etymology: OE m{aelig}l mark, fixed time, meal f. Gmc 2. n. 1. the edible part of any grain or pulse (usu. other than wheat) ground to powder. 2. Sc. oatmeal. 3. US maize flour. 4. any powdery substance made by grinding. Phrases and idioms meal-beetle an insect, Tenebrio molitor, infesting granaries etc. meal-worm the larva of the meal-beetle. Etymology: OE melu f. Gmc |
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