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have a meal
have a meal 是表示用餐的通用说法。
I usually have a meal at noon.
我通常中午吃一顿饭。
一餐；一顿饭；进餐
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一餐；一顿饭；进餐
The food served and eaten at one time, or an occasion when food is eaten.
I usually have a meal at noon.
我通常中午吃一顿饭。
餐食(在特定时间准备的较大份食物)
Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
各种谷物的可食用的磨碎部分,用作食物或饲料的基础；可以是面粉或比面粉更粗糙的混合物(用法因情况而异)。
The ground-up edible part of various grains, used as a basis of food or feed; either flour or a coarser blend than flour (usage varies).
一部分；碎片；一份。
A part; a fragment; a portion.
一餐中供应和食用的食物
the food served and eaten at one time
I usually eat a light meal for lunch.
我通常午餐吃得比较清淡。
She cooked a delicious three-course meal for us.
她为我们做了一顿美味的三道菜餐。
We had a quick meal at the airport before our flight.
我们在登机前在机场迅速吃了一餐。
have a meal 是表示用餐的通用说法。
I usually have a meal at noon.
我通常中午吃一顿饭。
She cooks a meal for the family every evening.
她每天晚上为家人做一顿饭。
Don't skip a meal; it's bad for your health.
不要跳过一餐，这对健康不好。
Not this
I like Chinese meal.
Use this
I like Chinese food.
Meal 指具体的一餐（如早餐、午餐、晚餐），而 food 泛指食物。中文中“饭”可兼指两者，但英语中 meal 不用于表示抽象的食物概念。
Not this
I had a lot of meal yesterday.
Use this
I had a lot of meals yesterday.
Meal 是可数名词，表示“一餐”。中文“很多饭”中的“饭”可指代餐次，但英语中不可数用法错误，需使用复数形式 meals 或具体量词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
吃饭
I usually have a meal at noon.
我通常在中午吃饭。
做饭
She cooked a delicious meal for us.
她为我们做了一顿美味的饭。
便餐
We had a light meal before the meeting.
我们在会议前吃了一顿便餐。
一日三餐
It's important to eat three meals a day.
一日三餐很重要。
用餐时间
Meal time is strictly observed in this family.
这个家庭严格遵守用餐时间。
享用一顿饭
They enjoyed a meal together at the new restaurant.
他们一起在新餐厅享用了一顿饭。
小题大做；过度处理
He made a meal of the simple task, taking twice as long as necessary.
他把简单的任务搞得过于复杂，花了比必要多两倍的时间。
一顿丰盛的饭；营养均衡的一餐
After days of camping, we were all craving a square meal.
露营几天后，我们都渴望吃一顿丰盛的饭。
饭票；谋生手段
For many actors, a regular TV role is their meal ticket.
对许多演员来说，定期的电视角色就是他们的谋生手段。
发长 /iː/ 音 (如 sea, tea)
Same pattern, same sound
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meal 联想为 '米'（me）和 '一'（a），一餐就是吃米饭。
通常用于日常对话和书面语，中性
可数名词，可用形容词修饰，如 a big meal。
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