英 [miːl] 美 [miːl]
n. 一餐，进餐（时间）；一餐所吃的食物；磨成粗粉的东西
v. 进餐
复数meals
meal /miːl/ CET4 TEM4
可数名词 A meal is an occasion when people sit down and eat, usually at a regular time. 一顿饭
She sat next to him throughout the meal.
她在这一顿饭的时间里坐在他旁边。
可数名词 A meal is the food you eat during a meal. (一餐所吃的) 食物
The waiter offered him red wine or white wine with his meal.
那位侍者为他的餐配了红葡萄酒或白葡萄酒。
不可数名词 the edible part of a grain or pulse (excluding wheat) ground to a coarse powder, used chiefly as animal food 动物饲料
习语 If you have a square meal, you have a large, healthy meal. 丰盛的一餐
The troops are very tired. They haven't had a square meal for four or five days.
这些部队非常疲惫。他们已经四五天没有丰盛食物了。
the food served and eaten at one time
同义词： repast
any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
一顿饭
它向你展示当天的食物板报，其右上角的加号用来添加条目（你吃的每样东西）。你可以为条目选择的类别有正餐（meal）、饮料（drink）或小吃（snack），而其他大部分字段都可选填。
第一餐(Meal)：早餐
对照一下中国的居民膳食(Meal)指南，要求成年人每天至少饮水1.2升。身健如山，心静似水，淡泊名利。
我到目前都念念不忘，那是一个贫民为自负和运气拚命的三年(Three years)，方今根蒂无法联想一周十块钱的伙食费(Meals)是如何用饭的，唯有进修好支持着我那点同情的自傲。三年的练习生存，如你想要拥有完美无暇的友谊，可能一辈子找不到朋友。
mealtime 进餐时间，吃饭时间
进餐
She spewed up the entire meal.
她把吃的饭全吐出来了。
The meal was amazingly cheap.
这餐饭便宜得出奇。
She left her meal untouched.
她的饭连动都没动。
For the children at Saint Christine's, the mid-day meal they are served might be their only meal all day.
VOA : special.2009.08.24
One of my favorite groups on campus is a group called Sustain Dialogue which invites students as well as faculties or staff members to come together over a meal.
在校园里，我最喜欢的社团之一,叫做“持续对话“，这个社团会把学生,教授，职工，等人聚集起来,一起吃顿饭。
人性课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课
and you had planned to go on a Dutch pay but at the end of the meal, the friend offers to take the check.
你本来希望两人各自付账，但吃完饭后，你朋友便主动买单。
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : I will 课堂
While most people are still asleep, he and his helpers prepare a meal every weekday for more than 200 people.
VOA : special.2009.01.28
In the book a creature named Sam-I-Am tries to get another creature to eat an unusual meal, green eggs and ham.
VOA : special.2010.05.02
For a more adventurous meal, venture to Moyo in the Melrose Arch neighbourhood.
After the meal, a bottle of the local tipple, hierbas, is brought to the table.
As Hansen prepared the meal, I asked if there was anything I could do to help.