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单词 meal
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Mixing in veggie options will also save you some cash and make your family meals go further.Those on free school meals are far less likely to get into them.They took us to their home and fed us a delicious meal of rice and beans.Schools should teach them to cook nutritional meals that they eat.I could buy three ready meals for the same price so had to say no.As guests are not having to prepare their own meal, they are likely to be very happy to help out.There are no cooking facilities in the container camp so we have been providing 1,500 people with three meals a day.They're very good at disguising healthy food in nice meals for grown-ups.There is a hot link between romance and food, so prepare a meal together and you will find out if it is friendship or warm love.A three-course meal is served.Their investigation is focused on the cooking oil that was used to prepare the meal.Researchers found memory aids like keeping food wrappers helped people reduce their meal sizes.He organises their meals and always cooks too much.On a par with hospital meals and school dinners?Today we have two more exercises along with more delicious meal plans.The benefits of eating meals as a family were also clearly defined.What would you say makes an average meal special?One of my favourite things to do during these meals was people watch. Always prepare one meal at a time if at all possible.Sit comfortably and take this for a full minute before you eat a particular food or a meal.They recommend two meals of white fish a week and one meal of oily fish such as salmon or sardines.But sales of ethnic food ready meals were down five per cent as more people opt to cook at home.Your three-course meal need only take more than an hour if you want it to.Pilot schemes for free school meals were established in 2009 and ran for two years.

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meal

British English: meal /miːl/ NOUN
A meal is an occasion when people eat.
She sat next to him throughout the meal.
  • American English: meal
  • Arabic: وَجْبَةٌ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: refeição
  • Chinese: 一餐
  • Croatian: obrok
  • Czech: pokrm
  • Danish: måltid
  • Dutch: maal maaltijd
  • European Spanish: comida ocasión
  • Finnish: ateria
  • French: repas
  • German: Essen
  • Greek: γεύμα
  • Italian: pasto
  • Japanese: 食事
  • Korean: 식사
  • Norwegian: måltid
  • Polish: posiłek
  • European Portuguese: refeição
  • Romanian: masă
  • Russian: прием пищи
  • Latin American Spanish: comida
  • Swedish: måltid
  • Thai: มื้ออาหาร
  • Turkish: öğün
  • Ukrainian: прийом їжі
  • Vietnamese: bữa ăn

Chinese translation of 'meal'

meal

(miːl)

n

  1. (c) (= occasion) 一餐 (yī cān) (, dùn)
  2. (c) (= food) 膳食 (shànshí) (, dùn)
  3. (u) (= flour) 粗磨粉 (cūmófěn)
    to go out for a meal 出去吃饭(飯) (chūqù chīfàn)
    to make a meal of sth (Brit, inf) 对(對)某事做得太过(過)分 (duì mǒushì zuò de tài guòfèn)
每天的第一顿饭叫做 breakfast。午餐最常用的表达法是 lunch,但是在英国的某些地方,或在某些场合下,也可以用 dinnerHe seldom has lunch at all ... school dinners ... Christmas dinner. dinner通常用来指晚餐。在英式英语里,它还可以指正式的或特殊的一餐。 In the evening they had a dinner to celebrate. suppertea 有时也被用来表示晚餐,但也有人用 supper 表示夜宵,用 tea 表示下午小餐。

All related terms of 'meal'

(noun) 
Definition
any of the regular occasions, such as breakfast or dinner, when food is served and eaten
It's rare that I have a meal with my children.
Synonyms
repast
He proclaimed it a splendid repast.
board
spread (informal)
They put on a spread of sandwiches for us.
snack
Lunch was a snack in the fields.
something to eat
banquet
Last night he attended a state banquet.
dinner
Would you like to stay and have dinner?
feast
Lunch was a feast of meat, vegetables, cheese, and wine.
bite to eat (informal)

idiom

See make a meal of something

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related adjective prandial

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of banquet
Definition
an elaborate formal dinner often followed by speeches
Last night he attended a state banquet.
Synonyms
feast,
spread (informal),
dinner,
meal,
entertainment,
revel,
blowout (slang),
repast,
slap-up meal (British, informal),
hakari (New Zealand)
in the sense of dinner
Definition
the main meal of the day, eaten either in the evening or at midday
Would you like to stay and have dinner?
Synonyms
meal,
evening meal,
main meal,
spread (informal),
repast,
blowout (slang),
collation,
nosh-up (informal),
refection
in the sense of feast
Definition
a large and special meal for many people
Lunch was a feast of meat, vegetables, cheese, and wine.
Synonyms
banquet,
repast,
spread (informal),
dinner,
entertainment,
barbecue,
revel,
junket,
beano (British, slang),
blowout (slang),
carouse,
slap-up meal (British, informal),
beanfeast (British, informal),
jollification,
carousal,
festive board,
treat,
hakari (New Zealand)

Synonyms of 'meal'

meal

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of snack
Definition
a light quick meal eaten between or in place of main meals
Lunch was a snack in the fields.
Synonyms
light meal,
bite,
refreshment(s),
nibble,
titbit,
bite to eat,
elevenses (British, informal)
in the sense of spread
Definition
a large meal
They put on a spread of sandwiches for us.
Synonyms
feast,
banquet,
blowout (slang),
repast,
array
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