英汉词典

meal 基本解释

• n. 一餐，一顿饭；膳食
• vi. 进餐

meal 词态变化

meal 中文词源

来自古英语mael,固定时间，吃饭点，来自Proto-Germanic*maela,来自PIE*me,测量，词源同meter,measure.词义由测量引申为固定时间，最后引申词义用餐时间，一顿饭。词义演变比较同源词time,tide,deal.

来自古英语melu,面粉，谷粉，来自PIE*mel,软的，磨，词源同mill,mallet.

meal 英文词源

meal

meal: [OE] Meal ‘repast’ and meal ‘flour’ are two distinct words. The former originally meant ‘measure’: it goes back via prehistoric Germanic *mǣlaz (source of German mal ‘time, occasion’ and mahl ‘meal’, Dutch maal ‘time, meal’, and Swedish mål ‘meal’) to the Indo-European base *me- ‘measure’, which is also the ancestor of English measure.

The semantic progression from ‘measure’ (which died out for meal in the Middle English period, but survives in the compound piecemeal [13], etymologically ‘measured piece by piece’) to ‘repast’ was via ‘measured or fixed time’ (hence the meaning ‘time, occasion’ in many of the related Germanic forms) and ‘time fixed for eating’. Meal ‘flour’ (as in oatmeal) goes back ultimately to Indo-European *mel-, *mol-, *ml- ‘grind’, source of a wide range of other English words from mild and mill to molar and mould.

From it was descended West and North Germanic *melwam, which has differentiated to German mehl, Dutch meel, Swedish mjōl, Danish mel, and English meal. It has been speculated that mellow [15] may have originated in the use of Old English melu ‘meal’ as an adjective, in the sense ‘soft and rich like flour’.
=> measure, piecemeal; mellow, mild, mill, molar, mould

meal (n.1)

"food; time for eating," c. 1200 (perhaps late Old English), mel "appointed time for eating," also "a meal, feast," from Old English mæl "fixed time, occasion, a meal," from Proto-Germanic *mæla- (cognates: Old Frisian mel "time;" Middle Dutch mael, Dutch maal "time, meal;" Old Norse mal "measure, time, meal;" German Mal "time," Mahl "meal;" Gothic mel "time, hour"), from PIE *me-lo-, from root *me- "to measure" (see meter (n.2)). Original sense of "time" is preserved in piecemeal. Meals-on-wheels attested from 1961. Meal ticket first attested 1870 in literal sense of "ticket of admission to a dining hall;" figurative sense of "source of income or livelihood" is from 1899.

meal (n.2)

"edible ground grain," Old English melu "meal, flour," from Proto-Germanic *melwan "grind" (cognates: Old Frisian mele "meal," Old Saxon melo, Middle Dutch mele, Dutch meel, Old High German melo, German Mehl, Old Norse mjöl "meal;" Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic malan "to grind," German mahlen), from PIE root *mel- (1) "soft" (see mallet).

meal 词组搭配

meal 英文释义

1. the food served and eaten at one time

2. any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times

3. coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse

meal 同义词解析

dinner, meal

这两个名词都有"餐"之意。

dinner： 正餐。指一日中的主餐，可中午吃，也可晚间吃。

meal： 泛指一日三餐的任一餐，也可指一餐所吃的东西。

meal 双语例句

1. We had a nice meal with a bottle of champagne.

我们美餐了一顿，还喝了一瓶香槟。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The waiter offered him red wine or white wine with his meal.

侍者为他端上佐餐的红葡萄酒或者白葡萄酒。

来自柯林斯例句

3. You get an interesting meal for a reasonable price.

你花不多的钱就可以吃一顿很特别的饭。

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4. On arrival, a six-course meal was top of the agenda.

他们到达之后要做的第一件事是吃一顿六道菜的大餐。

来自柯林斯例句

5. Ray and I ate our meal and reminisced about the trip.

雷和我吃着饭，回忆起那次旅行。

来自柯林斯例句

meal 实用场景例句

Try not to eat between meals.

两餐之间尽量别吃东西。

牛津词典

Lunch is his main meal of the day.

午饭是他的正餐。

牛津词典

(especially British English) to go out for a meal (= to go to a restaurant to have a meal)

上馆子用餐

牛津词典

What time would you like your evening meal?

你打算几点钟吃晚饭？

牛津词典

Enjoy your meal.

请用餐。

牛津词典

a three-course meal

有三道菜的一顿饭

牛津词典

She sat next to him throughout the meal...

用餐时她一直坐在他身旁。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

It's rare that I have an evening meal with my children.

我难得跟孩子们一起吃晚饭。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The waiter offered him red wine or white wine with his meal...

侍者为他端上佐餐的红葡萄酒或者白葡萄酒。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Fresh fish makes a delicious meal.

新鲜的鱼做菜非常美味。

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Lawyers always make such a meal of the simplest little thing.

律师总是死抠细节。

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You buy the tickets and I'll tip up for the meal.

票你来买,饭钱我来付.

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This is an excellent meal.

这是一顿很好的饭.

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He looked with displeasure at the meal that was set before him.

他不高兴地望着摆在面前的饭菜.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Please charge the meal up to the company.

请把这顿饭记到公司的账上.

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At meal times the odour of sauerkrant vies with that of garlic.

吃饭的时候,德国泡菜的气味和大蒜的气味互相竟争着.

《用法词典》

When she had finished her meal, she gave a satisfied smile.

当她吃完饭后, 她露出了满意的笑容.

《简明英汉词典》

That boy walked into the meal as if he hadn't seen food for a week.

那个男孩子狼吞虎咽地吃饭,好像他一个星期没见到食物了.

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I shouldn't have put that extra spoonful of curry powder in this meal, but I suppose we can all be wise after the event.

我不应该在这顿饭里多放那一汤匙的咖喱粉, 我想我们都是事后才明白的.

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She's cooked that meal so often that she can do it with her eyes closed.

她常做那种饭菜,所以闭着眼也能做.

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They pieced out a meal from leftovers.

他们用剩饭剩菜凑合成一顿饭.

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Please excuse this wretched apology for a meal.

请包涵这顿不像样的饭菜.

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I've paid for the meal.

饭钱我会过了.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

No food has been left over after the meal.

饭吃完后没剩下什么.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

He made an excellent meal.

他吃了美味的食品.

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She is preparing a substantial meal against his return.

她正在准备一顿丰盛的饭菜为他接风.

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That meal was a real gyp.

那顿饭简直是敲竹杠。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》