英语词汇“mealy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Mealy things contain or resemble flour or any other grain that's been ground into a powdery substance (i.e., meal). Good cornbread is moist and cake-like, instead of dry and mealy.

You'll usually find the adjective mealy describing food that doesn't taste great, whether it's an undercooked, mealy sauce or an overripe, mealy apple. In both of these examples, the food tastes dry and bland, and has a crumbly feeling on the tongue. Other mealy things might look like meal, like a mealy sandbox or the mealy bark of a tree. The Old English source of mealy is melu, "meal or flour."

WORD FAMILY

mealy: mealier, mealiest, mealyer+/meal: meals, mealy

USAGE EXAMPLES

Christina Reynolds: We had this mealy mouthed answer in there that we all agreed to as step one.

Washington Post(Nov 09, 2016)

“This happened around the time that music, which had been considered one of the sciences, became about language and discourse,” Mr. Mealy said.

New York Times(Oct 26, 2016)

“But then, some also turn a bit mealy while their full tomato flavor develops.”

Wall Street Journal(Sep 22, 2016)

1adj containing meal or made of meal

2adj composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency

it left a mealy residue

Syn

coarse-grained, farinaceous, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty
coarse, harsh

of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

单词	mealy
释义	mealy (once / 10323 pages) adj Mealy things contain or resemble flour or any other grain that's been ground into a powdery substance (i.e., meal). Good cornbread is moist and cake-like, instead of dry and mealy. You'll usually find the adjective mealy describing food that doesn't taste great, whether it's an undercooked, mealy sauce or an overripe, mealy apple. In both of these examples, the food tastes dry and bland, and has a crumbly feeling on the tongue. Other mealy things might look like meal, like a mealy sandbox or the mealy bark of a tree. The Old English source of mealy is melu, "meal or flour." WORD FAMILY mealy: mealier, mealiest, mealyer+/meal: meals, mealy USAGE EXAMPLES Christina Reynolds: We had this mealy mouthed answer in there that we all agreed to as step one. Washington Post(Nov 09, 2016) “This happened around the time that music, which had been considered one of the sciences, became about language and discourse,” Mr. Mealy said. New York Times(Oct 26, 2016) “But then, some also turn a bit mealy while their full tomato flavor develops.” Wall Street Journal(Sep 22, 2016) 1adj containing meal or made of meal 2adj composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency it left a mealy residue Syn coarse-grained, farinaceous, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty coarse, harsh of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
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