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get/have some chow
chow 作“食物、饭”讲时是非正式名词，通常不可数，常与 some、any 等连用。
Let's get some chow after the movie.
看完电影后咱们去弄点吃的吧。
食物；饭
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食物；饭
informal term for a meal
Let's get some chow after the movie.
看完电影后咱们去弄点吃的吧。
松狮犬。
A Chow Chow.
(中国旧时)二级行政区州或州的首府。
A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district.
(麻将)同花色三张连续牌组成的顺子。
A run of three consecutive tiles of the same suit.
松狮犬(中国犬种)。
A Chow Chow (Chinese breed of dog).
Let's get some chow before the movie starts.
电影开始前我们去吃点东西吧。
The dog waited by the kitchen door, hoping for a bit of chow.
狗在厨房门口等着，希望能得到一点食物。
After the hike, we were so hungry that we ate all the chow in no time.
徒步结束后，我们饿极了，不一会儿就把所有食物吃光了。
chow 作“食物、饭”讲时是非正式名词，通常不可数，常与 some、any 等连用。
Let's get some chow after the movie.
看完电影后咱们去弄点吃的吧。
chow 作“松狮犬”讲是可数名词，复数形式为 Chows；也常说 chow chow。
A chow makes a loyal companion.
松狮犬是忠诚的伙伴。
Not this
I ate a chow for lunch.
Use this
I ate some chow for lunch.
chow 表示“食物”时是不可数名词，不能用不定冠词 a；表示“一些食物”要用 some chow。
Not this
The hotel restaurant served very good chow.
Use this
The hotel restaurant served very good food.
chow 是俚语，语气非正式，不适用于正式场合；描述正式餐厅的食物应选用 food。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
吃饭时间，开饭时间
It's chow time!
开饭了！
食堂
The soldiers went to the chow hall for breakfast.
士兵们去食堂吃早餐。
弄点吃的，随便吃点东西
Let's grab some chow before the show.
演出前我们随便吃点东西吧。
狗粮
We need to buy some dog chow.
我们得买些狗粮。
松狮犬
Their Chow Chow is very fluffy.
他们的松狮犬毛茸茸的。
排队打饭的队伍，等餐队伍
We stood in the chow line for lunch.
我们排在队伍里等午饭。
大吃，狼吞虎咽地吃
We chowed down on burgers after the game.
比赛后我们狼吞虎咽地吃汉堡。
贪吃的人；饭量大的人
My cousin is a chow hound, so he always orders an extra side.
我表弟饭量很大，所以他总是多点一份配菜。
排队取餐的队伍，领餐长队
The recruits waited in the chow line before dinner.
新兵们在晚饭前排成队等取餐。
Use chow naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记 chow：chow mein（炒面）让人联想到“吃”，所以 chow 可记作食物；松狮犬也叫 Chow，原产中国。
语域：informal 常见场景：cafeteria、dinner with friends、casual chat chow 表示“食物/饭”时通常属于非正式口语，多用于日常对话、食堂或朋友聚餐等场合；正式写作中一般用 food 或 meal。
作“食物”讲时通常不可数；作“松狮犬”讲时可数，复数形式为 Chows。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.