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meal n.一餐；膳食n.粗碾的谷物 (1) 我妈妈通常在晚上煮一顿热饭。(2) 这是我所吃过的最好的一餐。(3) 我们可以每天给孩子们提供合理的膳食和均衡的营养。(4) 玉米粉是由玉米制成的,可以用于多种食品中。 You can use the word meal to talk about the occasion (like dinner or brunch), or about the food itself. For example, you might say that chili and cornbread is your favorite meal during the colder months, or that a fast food hamburger eaten in the car is a poor excuse for a meal. Yet another meaning of meal is "edible ground grain or beans," like cornmeal or soybean meal.

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英 [miːl] 美 [miːl] (1) My mother usually cooks a hot meal in the evening.(2) This is the best meal I had ever eaten.(3) We can offer children the reasonable meal and the well balanced nourishment every day.(4) Meal can be made from corn and used in a wide variety of foods. When you eat a meal, you sit down and dine on food. Breakfast is usually the first meal of the day, but if you oversleep your first meal might be lunch instead. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]一餐；一顿饭 A meal is an occasion when people sit down and eat, usually at a regular time. She sat next to him throughout the meal...用餐时她一直坐在他身旁。It's rare that I have an evening meal with my children.我难得跟孩子们一起吃晚饭。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]一餐所吃的食物 A meal is the food you eat during a meal. 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。Fresh fish makes a delicious meal.新鲜的鱼做菜非常美味。3[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（谷物的）粗磨粉 Meal is a rough powder made of crushed grain. It is used to make flour or animal food.   [usu n N]4See also:bone meal；  5[PHRASE 短语]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 are making a meal of it.   [V inflects]  [disapproval]  [BRIT 英]  [INFORMAL 非正式]Lawyers always make such a meal of the simplest little thing.律师总是死抠细节。6[PHRASE 短语]健康丰盛的一餐 If you have a square meal, you have a large healthy meal.   [N inflects]Usage Note :The first meal of the day is called breakfast. The most common word for the midday meal is lunch, but in some parts of Britain, and in some contexts, dinner is used as well. He seldom has lunch at all. ...school dinners. ...Christmas dinner. However, dinner is 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. Supper and tea are sometimes also used to refer to the evening meal, though for some people, supper is a snack in the late evening and tea is 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。

英语单词	meal
英美音标	英 [miːl] 美 [miːl]
中文释义	n.一餐；膳食 n.粗碾的谷物
英语例句	(1) My mother usually cooks a hot meal in the evening. (2) This is the best meal I had ever eaten. (3) We can offer children the reasonable meal and the well balanced nourishment every day. (4) Meal can be made from corn and used in a wide variety of foods.
中文例句	(1) 我妈妈通常在晚上煮一顿热饭。 (2) 这是我所吃过的最好的一餐。 (3) 我们可以每天给孩子们提供合理的膳食和均衡的营养。 (4) 玉米粉是由玉米制成的,可以用于多种食品中。
vocabulary简明	When you eat a meal, you sit down and dine on food. Breakfast is usually the first meal of the day, but if you oversleep your first meal might be lunch instead.
vocabulary扩展	You can use the word meal to talk about the occasion (like dinner or brunch), or about the food itself. For example, you might say that chili and cornbread is your favorite meal during the colder months, or that a fast food hamburger eaten in the car is a poor excuse for a meal. Yet another meaning of meal is "edible ground grain or beans," like cornmeal or soybean meal.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]一餐；一顿饭 A meal is an occasion when people sit down and eat, usually at a regular time. She sat next to him throughout the meal... 用餐时她一直坐在他身旁。 It's rare that I have an evening meal with my children. 我难得跟孩子们一起吃晚饭。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]一餐所吃的食物 A meal is the food you eat during a meal. 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。 Fresh fish makes a delicious meal. 新鲜的鱼做菜非常美味。 3 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（谷物的）粗磨粉 Meal is a rough powder made of crushed grain. It is used to make flour or animal food. [usu n N] 4 See also:bone meal ； 5 [PHRASE 短语]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 are making a meal of it. [V inflects] [disapproval] [BRIT 英] [INFORMAL 非正式] Lawyers always make such a meal of the simplest little thing. 律师总是死抠细节。 6 [PHRASE 短语]健康丰盛的一餐 If you have a square meal, you have a large healthy meal. [N inflects] Usage Note : The first meal of the day is called breakfast. The most common word for the midday meal is lunch, but in some parts of Britain, and in some contexts, dinner is used as well. He seldom has lunch at all. ...school dinners. ...Christmas dinner. However, dinner is 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. Supper and tea are sometimes also used to refer to the evening meal, though for some people, supper is a snack in the late evening and tea is 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。

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