| 单词 | meal |
| 释义 | meal1[ meel ] / mil / SEE SYNONYMS FOR meal ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper. one of these regular occasions or times for eating food. Origin of meal1before 900; Middle English; Old English mǣl measure, fixed time, occasion, meal; cognate with German Mal time, Mahl meal, Old Norse māl,Gothic mēl time, hour OTHER WORDS FROM mealmealless, adjectiveDefinition for meal (2 of 3)meal2 [ meel ] / mil / nouna coarse, unsifted powder ground from the edible seeds of any grain: wheat meal; cornmeal. any ground or powdery substance, as of nuts or seeds, resembling this. Origin of meal2before 900; Middle English mele,Old English melu; cognate with German Mehl,Dutch meel,Old Norse mjǫl; akin to Gothic malan,Latin molere to grind. See mill1 OTHER WORDS FROM mealmealless, adjectiveDefinition for meal (3 of 3)-meal a native English combining form, now unproductive, denoting a fixed measure at a time: piecemeal. Origin of -mealMiddle English -mele,Old English -mǣlum, combining form representing mǣlmeal1 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for meal (1 of 2)meal1 / (miːl) / noun
the food served and eaten make a meal of informal to perform (a task) with unnecessarily great effort Word Origin for mealOld English mǣl measure, set time, meal; related to Old High German māl mealtime British Dictionary definitions for meal (2 of 2)meal2 / (miːl) / nounthe edible part of a grain or pulse (excluding wheat) ground to a coarse powder, used chiefly as animal food Scot oatmeal mainly US maize flour Derived forms of mealmeal-less, adjectiveWord Origin for mealOld English melu; compare Dutch meel, Old High German melo, Old Norse mjöl Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with mealmeal The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Medical definitions for meal (1 of 2)meal 11 [ mēl ] n.The edible whole or coarsely ground grains of a cereal grass. A granular substance produced by grinding. Medical definitions for meal (2 of 2)meal 22 [ mēl ] n.The food served and eaten in one sitting. A customary time or occasion of eating food. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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