【meal音标】 英[mi:l] 美[mi:l]
【单词释义】 meal是什么意思：
n.餐，饭；进餐（时间）；〈英〉一次挤奶量；谷物粗粉（用作饲料或加工面粉）
vi.进餐
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] meals
【meal形近词/近似词】
zeal n.[U] 热情，热忱；热心
real adj.真的；真实的 n.实在，现实；实数
seal n.密封；印章；封条；海豹 v.密封；封上
deal n.（一笔）交易；协议 v.处理；[牌戏]发牌；分配
heal v. 治愈，康复，恢复健康的状态；使恢复常态
【近义词解析】
◇ 主餐
dinner (n.正餐，宴会；晚餐)： 通常有两种解释,正餐或宴会（比较正式的,会喝酒的那种）,可以是中午,也可以是晚上
breakfast (n.早餐;早饭)：指早餐，一般为6：00－9:00
brunch (n.早午餐)： 早午两餐并作一餐。早午餐并不是每天都有，通常只有在周日才吃，就餐时间也比平时来得长，通常由上午10时至下午3时，这类餐厅往往突出休闲、温馨的主题
lunch (n.午餐;午饭)：指午餐，一般为10:00-13:00
meal (n.一餐)：泛指一日三餐的任一餐，也可指一餐所吃的东西
supper (n.晚饭;晚餐)： 主要指晚餐,较随便的那种（来自法语的‘汤”）.有时也指晚餐会（供以晚餐的舞会或集）
【单词例句】
◇ The woman shrieked and threw up her hands. Then it flew to the butter-cask and down into the meal-tub and out again. Oh, just imagine what it looked like by this time.
女人惊叫起来，拍着双手。这么一来，小鸭就飞到黄油盆里去了，然后飞进面粉桶里去了，最后才爬出来。这时它的样子才好看呢！
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ They gathered wood for cooking, herbs for the stew, and put the pot onto the fire so a meal was always ready when the eleven came home.
小姑娘出去捡柴火，採来花草当蔬菜，把锅子放在火塘上，总是在十一个哥哥回来之前把饭菜做好。
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ Microwave ovens have been a kitchen staple for decades, allowing you to cook everything from frozen vegetables to packaged meals in minutes.
几十年来，微波炉一直是厨房的主要设备，你可以在几分钟内煮好冷冻蔬菜及袋装饭菜等所有食物。
---- Is It Safe to Stand in Front of Microwave Ovens?
◇ 'Breakfast is believed to be an important meal of the day, whereas there has been an increasing prevalence of skipping breakfast over the past 50 years in the United States, with as many as 23.8 percent of young people skipping breakfast every day,' the authors write.
“人们认为早餐是一天中的重要一餐，而在美国，过去50年间，不吃早餐的现象越来越普遍，多达23.8%的年轻人每天都不吃早餐，”报告的作者们写道。
---- Skipping breakfast could raise risk of heart disease by 87%
◇ (4)You should take two tablets as time.Take it three times a day after meals.
(4)一次吃两粒/片。每天三次，餐后服用。
---- FISU Games Sentences for Citizens (5)
◇ As Lisa DeFazio, a healthy-lifestyle expert and registered dietitian, tells Business Insider, breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
健康生活方式专家、注册营养师丽莎-德法西奥告诉商业内幕网说，早餐是一天中最重要的一顿。
---- Bad habits you should break
◇ In 2007, University of Florida zoologist Kent Vliet actually proved that the animals do sob while snacking. But because crocodiles eat while in the water—making a study of their meal-time tears difficult—he studied their close relatives, caimans and alligators, who might dine on dry land.
2007年，佛罗里达大学的动物学家肯特·弗利特证明了动物在进食的时候确实会哭泣。但因为鳄鱼是在水中进食的，研究它们进食期间是否会落泪比较困难，所以弗利特就研究了鳄鱼的近亲凯门鳄和短吻鳄，它们会在旱地上进食。
---- Where does the expression 'crocodile tears'
◇ I want a wife who cooks the meals, a wife who is a good cook. I want a wife who will plan the menus, do the necessary grocery shopping, prepare the meals, serve them pleasantly, and then do the cleaning up while I do my studying.
我想要个妻给我下厨，她必须是个好厨师，买、汰、烧，尽心尽意。膳毕，她洗碗我学习。
---- I Want a Wife
◇ One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.
一天，一个贫穷的小男孩为了攒够学费正挨家挨户地推销商品。他摸遍全身，却只剩下一角钱，不足于买一餐饭。饥寒交迫的他于是决定向下一户人家讨口饭吃。