| 释义 |
meal
I. \ˈmēl, esp before pause or consonant ˈmēəl\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English meel mealtime, meal, from Old English mæl appointed time, mealtime, meal; akin to Old High German māl time, Old Norse māl measure, mealtime, Gothic mel time, Latin metiri to measure — more at measure
1.
a. : the portion of food taken at a particular time to satisfy hunger or appetite : repast
b. : an act or the time of eating a meal
2. dialect England
a. : the act or time of milking
b. : the yield of a milking
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: eat, feed
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English mele, from Old English melu; akin to Old High German melo meal, Old Norse mjöl meal, Old High German & Gothic malan to grind, Old Norse mala, Latin molere to grind, Greek mylē mill
1. : the ground seeds of a cereal grass or pulse especially when coarsely ground and unbolted and usually excluding flour of wheat: as
a. : oatmeal
b. obsolete : the finer inner part of such ground seeds
c. : cornmeal
2. : a product resembling seed meal in particle size, texture, or other quality: as
a. : a product obtained by grinding the residue remaining after removal of part of the oil from various nuts and other oily seeds — see oil meal
b. : a product obtained by grinding any of various dried food products (as meat or fish)
c. : a product obtained by rapid crystallization
< alum meal >
IV. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1. : to cover with meal or a mealy substance
2. : to reduce (as the constituents of gunpowder) to powder : pulverize
intransitive verb
: to yield or become meal
< a flint corn that meals well >
V. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English mele, from Old English mēle tub, bucket; akin to Old Norse mælir, a measure
obsolete : a tub or bucket that is sometimes used as a measure
VI. \ˈmē(ə)l\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Old Norse mælir, a measure; akin to Old Norse māl measure, mealtime — more at meal I
: a variable weight used especially formerly in the Orkney islands
VII. transitive verb
Etymology: perhaps from (assumed) Middle English melen, from Old English -mǣlan; akin to Old High German meilen to stain; denominative from the root of Old English māl spot, blemish — more at mole
obsolete : stain
VIII. \ˈmē(ə)l\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Old Norse melr; perhaps akin to Old English melu meal — more at meal III
dialect England : sandbank, dune |