-meal

短语

n. 一餐, 一顿饭；膳食 vi. 进餐

发音

/miːl/

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Used to denote a fixed number, measure, or amount at a time.

    习语 罕用

    wordmeal (“one word at a time, word by word”)

  2. 1.

    Denotes a powder made of ground cereal.

词源

From Middle English -mele, from Old English -mǣlum (“at times”), from Proto-Germanic *mēlamiz, instrumental case of Proto-Germanic *mēlą (“measure; time”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian -moal, Dutch -maal, German Low German -maal, German -mal. More at meal.

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