The word "meat" refers to the flesh of animals eaten as food. It can also figuratively mean the most important or interesting part of something, or something that someone enjoys greatly.
[N-MASS 物质名词](供食用的)肉Meat is flesh taken from a dead animal that people cook and eat.
Meat and fish are relatively expensive.
肉和鱼相对来说比较贵。
...imported meat products.
进口肉制品
...a buffet of cold meats and salads.
有冷肉和色拉的自助餐
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See also:
luncheon meat
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red meat
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white meat
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[PHRASE 短语]喜欢做的事;感兴趣的事 If you say something is meat and drink to someone, you mean that they enjoy it very much.
[usu v-link PHR to n]
[mainly BRIT 主英]
What normal people considered pressure was meat and drink to him.
一般人认为有压力的事情在他看来却是快乐无比的事。
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[PHRASE 短语]最基本的部分;根本部分;关键 If you refer to the meat and potatoes of something, you mean its most basic, simple, and essential parts.
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[AM 美]
What they want is the meat and potatoes of how we're going to improve this country and get our country moving again.
他们想知道的是我们如何改善国家、让其恢复活力的基本方法。
Oxford
meat★/miːt; NAmEmiːt/noun1★[uncountable , countable ]the flesh of an animal or a bird eaten as food; a particular type of this 肉类;(某种)食用肉◆a piece/slice of meat一块╱一片肉◆horse meat (= from a horse)马肉◆dog meat (= for a dog)喂狗的肉◆meat-eating animals食肉动物◆There's not much meat on this chop.这块猪排没什么肉。◆( figurative,humorous) There's not much meat on her (= she is very thin).她太瘦了。☞see also
luncheon meat
,
mincemeat
,
red meat
,
sausage meat
,
white meat
2[uncountable ]meat(of sth) the important or interesting part of sth 重要的部份;有趣的部份SYN
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◆This chapter contains the real meat of the writer's argument.这一章包含了作者的主要论点。IDIOMˌmeat and ˈdrink to sbsomething that sb enjoys very much 让某人非常开心的事☞more at
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meatmeat /miːt/ ●●●S2W3 noun
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1meat (1) [countable, uncountable] the flesh of animals and birds eaten as food: I gave up eating meat a few months ago. raw meat a meat pie a selection of cold meatsred meat (=a dark-coloured meat, for example beef)white meat (=meat that is pale in colour, for example chicken)2[uncountable] something interesting or important in a talk, book, film etc: There’s no meat to their arguments. We then got down to the real meat of the debate (=the main and most interesting part of it).3somebody doesn’t have much meat on him/her British English, need some (more) meat on your bones American English informal used to say that someone looks very thin4one man’s meat is another man’s poison used to say that something that one person likes may not be liked by someone else5be easy meat British English informal if someone is easy meat, they are easy to defeat, deceive, or hurtmeat for San Marino should be easy meat for England in next week’s match.6the meat and potatoes American English informal the most important or basic parts of a discussion, decision, piece of work etc: Let’s get down to the meat and potatoes. How much are you going to pay me for this?7be meat and drink to somebody British English to be something that someone enjoys doing or finds very easy to do because they have done it many times before: The first five questions in the quiz were about football, which was meat and drink to Brian.COLLOCATIONSverbseat meat· I don't eat meat - I'm vegetarian.· People are eating less meat these days.have meat in it (=contain meat)· Does this stew have meat in it?adjectivesraw (=not cooked)· The dogs are fed on raw meat.cooked· How will I know when the meat is cooked?undercooked (=not cooked enough)· Eating undercooked meat can make you very ill.tough (=difficult to chew)· The meat was tough and chewy.lean (=with little fat)· Try to eat more lean meat, fish and chicken.fatty (=with a lot of fat)· People are being urged to eat less fatty meat.red meat (=a dark-coloured meat such as beef)· For health reasons, you should eat less red meat.white meat (=a light-coloured meat such as chicken)· White meat is supposed to be healthier.phrasesa joint of meat British English (=a large piece of meat, sometimes containing a bone)· He began to carve the joint of meat.a cut of meat (=a joint of meat taken from a particular part of an animal)· Cheaper cuts of meat can be tough.a slice of meat (=a thin piece of meat cut from a larger piece)· He helped himself to another slice of meat.
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meats[1021]
肉(99%),主要或重要部分(1%)
n.肉,肉类(食用)
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