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单词 meat
释义
meat
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Word forms: meats
1. variable noun A1
Meat is flesh taken from a dead animal that people cook and eat.
Meat and fish are relatively expensive.
...imported meat products.
...a buffet of cold meats and salads.
2.  See also luncheon meat, red meat, white meat
3. be meat and drink to sb phrase [usu v-link PHR to n]
If you say something is meat and drink to someone, you mean that they enjoy it very much. [mainly British]
What normal people considered pressure was meat and drink to him.
4. meat and potatoes phrase [oft the PHR of]
If you refer to the meat and potatoes of something, you mean its most basic, simple, and essential parts. [US]
What they want is the meat and potatoes of how we're going to improve this country.
Quotations:
If you knew how meat was made, you'd probably lose your lunch. I'm from cattle country. That's why I became a vegetarianK. D. Lang
The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat
Idioms:
be the meat in the sandwich [British]
to be in a very difficult position because you have been caught between two people or groups who are in conflict with each other
These oil and gas companies are the meat in the sandwich in a fight involving contractors and the provincial government.
dead meat
[informal]
a person who is in serious trouble which may result in them being injured or killed. This expression is often used in threats.
He's dead meat if he comes back here.
a person who is in serious trouble which will have unpleasant consequences for them, such as losing their job
Anyone who remembered her said she was dead meat.
meat and drink to someone [mainly British]
something you find easy to cope with and enjoy doing
What normal people considered pressure was meat and drink to Robert Maxwell.
one man's meat is another man's poison
said to point out that different people like different things
Art is everywhere. Because it is a question of personal taste, the clichÈ of one man's meat being another's poison is in this case especially fitting.
Collocations:
fresh meat
As winter set in, so fresh meat became more difficult to find.
VOYAGES OF DELUSION: The Search for the North West Passage in the Age of Reason (2002)
You don't have to do very much to make fresh meat delicious.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
And the muscle tissue is also red, the colour of fresh meat.
The Sun (2013)
meat skewer
When the meat skewers are almost cooked, place the vegetables, which take much less cooking, on the barbecue.
The Sun
It felt as if someone had sunk two meat skewers in me.
Times, Sunday Times
It consists of pieces of meat skewered on bamboo sticks.
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A small island was constructed in the middle of the pool, where trees were planted, which had branches made of roasted meat skewers hanging over the pool.
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Buried with her were skeletons of various food-animals, jujubes, lotus soup, grains and a complete meal including soup, rice and meat skewers on a lacquer set.
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process meat
Without federal inspection, an establishment may not produce or process meat or poultry products, and therefore must cease operations.
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With the conscripts, we found the most basic rations, such as bulk rice and tinned processed meat of the poorest quality, with little variety.
Times, Sunday Times
It concluded that there was a 'moderate positive association' between processed meat consumption and mortality.
Times, Sunday Times
The breakfast favourites are among processed meats, that were yesterday classified as 'carcinogenic to humans'.
The Sun
Foods to take off your shopping list include processed meats, dairy and sugar.
The Sun
produce meat
The general public are dependent upon farmers to produce meat for food.
Times,Sunday Times
His companies produce meat and agricultural products, and provide medical services.
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For good, locally produced meat, support your local butcher's shop, farm shop or farmers' market.
Times, Sunday Times
Whatever you choose, buy the best quality, most naturally produced meat you can afford and enjoy it.
Times, Sunday Times
First, consider the flirtation with humanely produced meat.
The Times Literary Supplement
slice meat
When cooked, slice meat/cheese and add to salad.
The Sun
In a snack bar opposite the flat, a man slicing meat behind the counter shuddered at the thought that the bombers might have been his customers.
Times, Sunday Times
Slicing meat thinly against the grain shortens the muscle fibres, giving juicier, easier-to-eat slices of steak.
The Sun
However, arctocyanid teeth were not specialized for slicing meat; these animals were probably omnivorous and definitely the least herbivorous of the condylarths.
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succulent meat
This means dense, succulent meat, and a layer of fat that results in wonderfully crispy skin (4kg, £73).
Times,Sunday Times
Five minutes later, this resulted in exceptionally succulent meat, crisp outside and rare within, with a sublime umami flavour.
Times, Sunday Times
As with all braises, slow cooking tenderizes, while the liquid exchanges its flavor with that of the beef, resulting in tender, succulent meat.
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Such succulent meat served as a ready food supply in times of scarcity.
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