meal /miːl/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A meal is an occasion when people sit down and eat, usually at a regular time. 一顿饭

  例：

  She sat next to him throughout the meal.

  她在这一顿饭的时间里坐在他旁边。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A meal is the food you eat during a meal. (一餐所吃的) 食物

  例：

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

  那位侍者为他的餐配了红葡萄酒或白葡萄酒。

• 3. 

  N-UNCOUNT the edible part of a grain or pulse (excluding wheat) ground to a coarse powder, used chiefly as animal food 动物饲料

• 4. 

  PHRASE If you have a square meal, you have a large, healthy meal. 丰盛的一餐

  例：

  The troops are very tired. They haven't had a square meal for four or five days.

  这些部队非常疲惫。他们已经四五天没有丰盛食物了。