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meal 音標拼音: [m'il] n. 一餐,膳食,粗粉
vi. 進餐 一餐,膳食,粗粉進餐 meal n 1: the food served and eaten at one time [ synonym: { meal}, { repast}] 2: any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times 3: coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulseMeal \ Meal\ ( m[= e] l), n. [ OE. mele, AS. m[= ae] l part, portion, portion of time; akin to E. meal a repast. Cf. { Piecemeal}.] A part; a fragment; a portion. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster]
Meal \ Meal\, n. [ OE. mel; akin to E. meal a part, and to D. maal time, meal, G. mal time, mahl meal, Icel. m[= a] l measure, time, meal, Goth. m[= e] l time, and to E. measure. See { Measure}.] The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal. [ 1913 Webster] What strange fish Hath made his meal on thee? -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Meal \ Meal\, n. [ OE. mele, AS. melu, melo; akin to D. meel, G. mehl, OHG. melo, Icel. mj[" o] l, SW. mj[" o] l, Dan. meel, also to D. malen to grind, G. mahlen, OHG., OS., & Goth. malan, Icel. mala, W. malu, L. molere, Gr. my` lh mill, and E. mill. [ root] 108. Cf. { Mill}, { Mold} soil, { Mole} an animal, { Immolate}, { Molar}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Grain ( esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated. [ 1913 Webster] { Meal beetle} ( Zool.), the adult of the meal worm. See { Meal worm}, below. { Meal moth} ( Zool.), a lepidopterous insect ({ Asopia farinalis}), the larvae of which feed upon meal, flour, etc. { Meal worm} ( Zool.), the larva of a beetle ({ Tenebrio molitor}) which infests granaries, bakehouses, etc., and is very injurious to flour and meal. [ 1913 Webster]
Meal \ Meal\, v. t. 1. To sprinkle with, or as with, meal. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To pulverize; as, mealed powder. [ 1913 Webster] 101 Moby Thesaurus words for " meal": C ration, K ration, air pollution, allotment, allowance, attritus, barley, bird seed, board, bran, breakfast, carry too far, cat food, chicken feed, chop, chow, collation, commons, consume, corn, cosmic dust, crumb, crumble, devour, dinner, dog food, dust, dust ball, eat, eatage, efflorescence, emergency rations, ensilage, entertainment, fallout, fare, farina, feast, feed, feed on, field rations, filings, flour, fodder, food, forage, go overboard, go to extremes, go too far, grain, grits, groats, grub, hay, ingest, kittens, lint, lunch, luncheon, mash, meals, meat, mess, nourishment, oats, overdo, overplay, partake of, pasturage, pasture, pet food, powder, provender, pussies, raspings, rations, refection, refreshment, regalement, repas, repast, sawdust, scratch, scratch feed, short commons, silage, slops, smut, snack, soot, spread, straw, supper, swill, table, take, tea, treat, tucker, victuals, wheat |
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