dinner, meal

名詞 meal:

1. the food served and eaten at one time
   同義詞：repast
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

1. I slaved away all day over a hot stove to produce this meal, and now they've hardly eaten any of it.
   我一整天圍著火熱的爐子辛辛苦苦地做出這頓飯，可是他們現(xiàn)在幾乎一點(diǎn)兒也沒(méi)有吃。
2. I had a frugal meal of bread and cheese last night.
   我昨晚吃了只有面包和奶酪的便餐。
3. Enjoy your meal.
   請(qǐng)慢慢享用吧。
4. The meal cost us 30.
   這頓飯花了我們30英鎊。
5. First prize in the competition will be a meal at the restaurant of your choice.
   獲頭獎(jiǎng)?wù)呖勺赃x飯店用一餐。
6. My mother usually cooks a hot meal in the evening.
   我媽媽通常在晚上煮一頓熱飯。
7. My father and I only meet at meals.
   我父親和我只在進(jìn)餐時(shí)間相聚。

meal

n.（名詞）
The edible whole or coarsely ground grains of a cereal grass.
粗磨粉：谷類(lèi)植物完全或粗磨的可食用顆粒
A granular substance produced by grinding.
顆粒物：經(jīng)過(guò)碾磨制成的粒狀物質(zhì)

來(lái)源：
Middle English mele
中古英語(yǔ) mele
from Old English melu * see mel…-
源自 古英語(yǔ) melu *參見(jiàn) mel…-

meal
meal 2

n.（名詞）
The food served and eaten in one sitting.
膳食；一餐：一餐的食物
A customary time or occasion of eating food.
進(jìn)餐，進(jìn)餐時(shí)間：習(xí)慣上的時(shí)間或進(jìn)餐時(shí)機(jī)

來(lái)源：
Middle English mele
中古英語(yǔ) mele
from Old English môl * see mô- 2
源自 古英語(yǔ) môl *參見(jiàn) mô- 2