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- any of the regular occasions in a day when a reasonably large amount of food is eaten一餐; 一顿（饭）。
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- the food eaten on such an occasion（供一餐用的）膳食, 饭菜：
a perfectly cooked meal.
烹调手艺绝佳的饭菜。
短语
make a meal of
- Brit. informal treat (a task or occurrence) with more attention or care than necessary, especially for effect〈英, 非正式〉小题大做。
meals on wheels
- meals delivered to old people or invalids who cannot cook for themselves（为老年人或残疾人的）上门送餐服务。
词源
Old English mǣl （also in the sense 'measure', surviving in words such as piecemeal 'measure taken at one time'）, of Germanic origin. The early sense of meal involved a notion of 'fixed time'; compare with Dutch maal 'meal, (portion of) time' and German Mal'time', Mahl 'meal', from an Indo-European root meaning 'to measure'.
mass noun
1- the edible part of any grain or pulse ground to powder（谷物或豆类）粗磨粉。
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- Scottish oatmeal〈苏格兰〉燕麦片, 燕麦粉。
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- US maize flour〈美〉玉米粉。
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- any powdery substance made by grinding磨粉：
herring meal.
鲱（青）鱼粉
词源
Old English melu, meolo, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meel and German Mehl, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin molere 'to grind'.