Word · Frequency #1415
meals
一餐;一顿饭;进餐
meals is the plural of meal.
The food served and eaten at one time, or an occasion when food is eaten.
- 1.
Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
餐食(在特定时间准备的较大份食物)
- 2.
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).
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)。
- 3.
A part; a fragment; a portion.
一部分;碎片;一份。
- 4.
the food served and eaten at one time
一餐中供应和食用的食物
- 5.
Food served or eaten as a repast.
作为一餐供应的食物
- 6.
Any of various similarly granular materials prepared from other sources, such as bones or wood.
从其他来源(如骨头或木材)制备的类似颗粒状材料。
- 7.
any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
按习俗或习惯在固定时间进食的场合之一
- 8.
Any of various other granular or powdery materials, either ground by humans or occurring in nature, named figuratively after a resemblance to grain meal.
其他各种颗粒状或粉末状材料,由人工研磨或天然形成,因与谷物粉相似而得其比喻性名称。
- 9.
coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
粗磨的食品,尤指各种谷类或豆类的种子
粗磨粉;谷粉;(谷物)粗粉;粗粉;骨粉;木粉;部分;碎片;餐食(在特定时间准备的较大份食物);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)。
In use
I usually eat a light meal for lunch.
She cooked a delicious three-course meal for us.
We had a quick meal at the airport before our flight.
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。
cook a meal
She cooks a meal for the family every evening.
她每天晚上为家人做一顿饭。
skip a meal
Don't skip a meal; it's bad for your health.
不要跳过一餐,这对健康不好。
Connections
Collocations
- have a meal
- 吃饭
- I usually have a meal at noon.我通常在中午吃饭。
- cook a meal
- 做饭
- She cooked a delicious meal for us.她为我们做了一顿美味的饭。
- light meal
- 便餐
- We had a light meal before the meeting.我们在会议前吃了一顿便餐。
- three meals a day
- 一日三餐
- It's important to eat three meals a day.一日三餐很重要。
- meal time
- 用餐时间
- Meal time is strictly observed in this family.这个家庭严格遵守用餐时间。
- enjoy a meal
- 享用一顿饭
Learner notes
Memory Tip
meal 联想为 '米'(me)和 '一'(a),一餐就是吃米饭。
Context & Register
通常用于日常对话和书面语,中性
Grammar Note
可数名词,可用形容词修饰,如 a big meal。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the spelling chunk '-eal' and are typically pronounced with the long /iːl/ rime, rhyming with 'meal'. However, note that 'real' may also be pronounced with a schwa in some regional accents, making it a near-rhyme for some speakers.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.