meal

英 [miːl]

美 [miːl]

n.  早(或午、晚)餐; 一顿饭; 一餐所吃的食物; 谷物粗粉(用作饲料或加工面粉)

复数：meals　

中考高考IELTSCET4考研

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1415 / COCA.1710

习惯用语

n.

make a meal of sth
• 小题大做；做事过于认真
  to spend a lot of time, energy, etc. doing sth in a way that other people think is unnecessary and/or annoying
a square meal
• 一顿丰盛的饭
  a good, satisfying meal
• He looks as though he hasn't had a square meal for weeks.
  看他那样子，就好像几个星期没吃过一顿像样的饭了。

牛津词典

noun

• 早（或午、晚）餐；一顿饭
  an occasion when people sit down to eat food, especially breakfast, lunch or dinner
  1. Try not to eat between meals.
     两餐之间尽量别吃东西。
  2. Lunch is his main meal of the day.
     午饭是他的正餐。
  3. to go out for a meal (= to go to a restaurant to have a meal)
     上馆子用餐
  4. What time would you like your evening meal?
     你打算几点钟吃晚饭？
• 一餐所吃的食物
  the food that is eaten at a meal
  1. Enjoy your meal.
     请用餐。
  2. a three-course meal
     有三道菜的一顿饭
• 谷物粗粉（用作饲料或加工面粉）
  grain that has been crushed to produce a powder, used as food for animals and for making flour

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 一餐;一顿饭
  Amealis an occasion when people sit down and eat, usually at a regular time.
  1. She sat next to him throughout the meal...
     用餐时她一直坐在他身旁。
  2. It's rare that I have an evening meal with my children.
     我难得跟孩子们一起吃晚饭。
• N-COUNT 一餐所吃的食物
  Amealis the food you eat during a meal.
  1. The waiter offered him red wine or white wine with his meal...
     侍者为他端上佐餐的红葡萄酒或者白葡萄酒。
  2. Fresh fish makes a delicious meal.
     新鲜的鱼做菜非常美味。
• （谷物的）粗磨粉
  Mealis a rough powder made of crushed grain. It is used to make flour or animal food.
• See also:bone meal
• PHRASE 花费过多的时间或精力做…;对…小题大做
  If you think someone is taking more time and energy to do something than is necessary, you can say that they aremaking a meal ofit.
  1. Lawyers always make such a meal of the simplest little thing.
     律师总是死抠细节。
• 健康丰盛的一餐
  If you have asquare meal, you have a large healthy meal.

The first meal of the day is calledbreakfast. The most common word for the midday meal islunch, but in some parts of Britain, and in some contexts,dinneris used as well.He seldom has lunch at all. ...school dinners. ...Christmas dinner.However,dinneris used mainly to refer to a meal in the evening....a celebratory dinner in the evening.In British English, it may also suggest a formal or special meal.Supperandteaare sometimes also used to refer to the evening meal, though for some people,supperis a snack in the late evening andteais a light meal in the afternoon.
一天中的第一餐称作 breakfast。表示午餐最常用的词是 lunch，但英国有些地方在一些语境中也用 dinner：He seldom has lunch at all (他很少吃午餐)，school dinners (学校的午餐)，Christmas dinner (圣诞午餐)。不过 dinner 主要是指晚餐：a celebratory dinner in the evening (庆祝晚宴)。在英国英语中，dinner 也可以指正餐或特别的一餐。supper 与 tea 有时也指晚餐，不过对于有些人来说，supper 指夜宵，而 tea 则指下午茶。

英英释义

noun

• coarsely ground foodstuff
• the food served and eaten at one time
  Synonym:repast
• any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times

双语例句

• A five-course meal including coffee, service and VAT is £ 30.
  包括咖啡、服务费及增值税在内，一顿五道菜正餐的价格为30英镑。
• Ray and I ate our meal and reminisced about the trip
  雷和我吃着饭，回忆起那次旅行。
• He ate quietly, relishing his meal.
  他安静地吃着，细细品味着食物。
• Lawyers always make such a meal of the simplest little thing.
  律师总是死抠细节。
• They dished up a superb meal
  他们准备了一桌丰盛的饭菜。
• Even if you are on a fairly strict diet you can still go out for a good meal.
  即使是在严格地节食，也可以出去吃顿好的。
• I suggested to Mike that we go out for a meal with his colleagues
  我向迈克提议，我们和他的同事们一起出去吃饭。
• I went out for a meal last night and drank copious amounts of red wine
  我昨晚出去吃饭，喝了很多红酒。
• My father allowed me only a sip or two of wine with each meal
  我父亲每餐只许我喝一两口酒。
• She sat next to him throughout the meal
  用餐时她一直坐在他身旁。