meat
n
1 [U, C] flesh of animals, esp mammals rather than fish or birds, used as food (食用的)肉(尤指哺乳动物的肉)
meat-eating animals 吃肉动物
fresh meat, ie from a recently killed animal 鲜肉
frozen meat, ie meat frozen to keep it in good condition 冻肉
cooked meats 熟肉 * [attrib 作定语]
a meat pie 肉饼
a joint/slice of meat 一大块[一片]肉
(joc 谑) a skinny boy without much meat on him 瘦得皮包骨的男孩儿.
2 [U] chief or important part (of sth) (某物之)主要或重要部分
This chapter contains the meat of the writer's argument. 这一章包含著作者论证的主要部分.
3 [U] (arch 古) food in general (泛指)食物: meat and `drink 饮食.
4 (idm 习语) meat and `drink to sb a source of great enjoyment to sb; what sb lives for 快乐的源泉; 生活的目的
Scandal and gossip are meat and drink to him. 各种丑闻和流言蜚语是他最感兴趣的事.
🎯 考研助记
我(me)在(at)吃 肉
🔁 扩展释义
*[mi:t]n. 肉, 餐, 食物【经】 肉类相关词组: as full of...as an egg is of meat be meat and drink to sb be meat for sb's master cry roast meat make meat of sb
It doesn't need any alterations. We must've bought the right size.
不需作任何修改。我们一定是买对了尺寸。
Would you please leave the door unlocked for me?
可以请你为我把门锁打开吗?
Though my aunt pursued what was, in those days, an enlightened policy, in that she never allowed her domestic staff to work more than eight hours a day, she was extremely difficult to please.