porridge

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n. 粥, 糊

发音

UK /ˈpɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/
AU
CA /ˈpɔɹɪd͡ʒ/
US /ˈpɔɹɪd͡ʒ/
其它 /ˈpɑɹɪd͡ʒ/

词形变化

porridges 复数 porridges

别名

parritch porage porrige

教材释义与例句

名词

粥，糊；麦片粥

oats that are cooked with milk or water and served hot for breakfast

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.

    不可数

    Eat your porridge while it's hot!

  2. 2.

    A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.

    Oat porridge; oatmeal.

    不可数
  3. 3.

    A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.

    Rice porridge; congee.

    新加坡 不可数
  4. 4.

    A prison sentence.

    粥

    麦片

    俚语 不可数

    Just do your porridge and keep your head down.

  5. 5.

    A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.

    罕用 不可数

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

dish

下位词 4

oatmeal gruel burgoo hasty pudding

部分词 2

oatmeal rolled oats

相关短语

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词源

Variant of pottage (“thick soup or stew”), influenced by porray (“stew of leeks”). The "prison sentence" sense comes from the British tradition of serving prisoners porridge for breakfast.

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