1 N-COUNT 一餐;一顿饭 A meal is an occasion when people sit down and eat, usually at a regular time. 一餐;一顿饭
SYN repast, board, spread [informal] , snack
2 N-COUNT 一餐所吃的食物 A meal is the food you eat during a meal. 一餐所吃的食物
3 N-UNCOUNT [usually n NOUN] （谷物的）粗磨粉 Meal is a rough powder made of crushed grain. It is used to make flour or animal food. （谷物的）粗磨粉
5 PHRASE 花费过多的时间或精力做…;对…小题大做 If you think someone is taking more time and energy to do something than is necessary, you can say that they are making a meal of it. 花费过多的时间或精力做…;对…小题大做 [British, informal, disapproval]
6 PHRASE 健康丰盛的一餐 If you have a square meal, you have a large healthy meal. 健康丰盛的一餐
Usage Note :
The first meal of the day is called breakfast. The most common word for the midday meal is lunch, but in some parts of Britain, and in some contexts, dinner is used as well. He seldom has lunch at all. ...school dinners. ...Christmas dinner. However, dinner is used mainly to refer to a meal in the evening. ...a celebratory dinner in the evening. In British English, it may also suggest a formal or special meal. Supper and tea are sometimes also used to refer to the evening meal, though for some people, supper is a snack in the late evening and tea is a light meal in the afternoon.
一天中的第一餐称作 breakfast。表示午餐最常用的词是 lunch，但英国有些地方在一些语境中也用 dinner：He seldom has lunch at all (他很少吃午餐)，school dinners (学校的午餐)，Christmas dinner (圣诞午餐)。不过 dinner 主要是指晚餐：a celebratory dinner in the evening (庆祝晚宴)。在英国英语中，dinner 也可以指正餐或特别的一餐。supper 与 tea 有时也指晚餐，不过对于有些人来说，supper 指夜宵，而 tea 则指下午茶。
ThesaurusWord Partnership
| Thesaurus | meal Also look up: |
| N. | breakfast, dinner, lunch, supper 1 |
| Word Partnership | Use meal with: |
| VERB. | enjoy a meal, miss a meal, skip a meal 1 cook a meal, eat a meal, have a meal, order a meal, prepare a meal, serve a meal 2 |
| ADJ. | big meal, delicious meal, good meal, hot meal, large meal, simple meal, well-balanced meal 2 |
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