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| 1 | C an occasion when you eat , especially breakfast , lunch , or dinner 餐（尤指早餐、午餐或晚餐） |
| The medicine should always be taken with meals. 这药应总在用餐时服用。 |
| What do you call your evening meal? 你们怎么叫晚上那餐饭？ |
| go out for a meal (=go to a restaurant) We could see a film or go out for a meal. 出去吃饭；下馆子 |
| main meal (=the meal at which you eat the most food) Dinner is usually our main meal, except on Sundays. 正餐 |
| | 1a | the food that you serve or eat at one time （一餐上供应或吃的）菜肴，食物 | | an Indian meal 印度菜 | | cook/prepare/make a meal He cooked us a delicious meal. 他为我们做了一顿可口的饭菜。 | |
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| 2 | U crushed grain , used as food for people or animals （谷物的）粗磨粉（用作人或动物的食物） |
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| - | make a meal of sth informal
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| 1 | to treat something as more important or serious than it really is 对某事物小题大做 |
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| 2 | to take more time or care than is necessary when you are doing something 做某事花时间过多（或过于认真） |
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