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单词 meals on wheels
释义

meals on wheels


noun (sometimes initial capital letter)

a program, usually one supported or subsidized by a charitable, social, or government agency, for delivering hot meals regularly to elderly, disabled, or convalescing persons who are housebound and cannot cook for themselves.

Origin of meals on wheels

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby meals on wheels

mealie, mealie meal, mealie pap, mealies, meal moth, meals on wheels, meal ticket, mealtime, mealworm, mealy, mealybug
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British Dictionary definitions for meals on wheels

meals on wheels

meals-on-wheels


noun

(functioning as singular) social welfare, British a service, usually subsidized, and run by a social services department or voluntary body, which delivers hot meals to elderly or housebound people who might otherwise be unable to have them
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
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