meat

汉语翻译

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

词意辨析：

meat, flesh

这两个名词均含“肉”之意。
meat: 是肉类的总称，指食用的肉，但不包括鱼类的肉。
flesh: 主要指人体或动物身上的肌肉组织，是从生理角度着眼的；也指动物的肉食。

英语解释：

名词 meat:

1. the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
2. the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
   同义词：kernel
3. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
   同义词：kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty

例句：

1. The meat will rot if it isn't kept cool.
   肉如果不冷藏就会腐败。
2. The cheap buyer takes bad meat.
   [谚]便宜无好货。
3. She gave some of the meat to the cat.
   她把一些肉给猫吃了。
4. The meat will scorch if you don't lower the gas.
   如果你不把煤气调小一点，肉就要焦了。
5. There's not much meat on that bone.
   那块骨头上没多少肉。
6. It's a clever speech, but there was no real meat in it.
   这演说很动听，可是没什么内容。

详细解释：

meat

n.（名词）
The edible flesh of animals, especially that of mammals as opposed to that of fish or poultry.
（可食用的）肉：可食用肉，尤指（与鱼或家禽不同的）哺乳动物的肉
The edible part, as of a piece of fruit or a nut.
果肉：水果或核桃等坚果的可食部分
The essence, substance, or gist:
要旨，实质，内容：
例句：
the meat of the editorial.
社论的中心内容

Slang Something that one enjoys or excels in; a forte:
【俚语】 特长：擅长或乐意干的事情；特长，专长：
例句：
Tennis is his meat.
网球是他的专长

Nourishment; food:
养料；食物：
例句：
.Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink.(Edna St. Vincent Millay)
.爱并不是一切：它不是食物，也不是饮料.(埃德娜·圣文森特·米莱)

n.attributive.（定语名词）
Often used to modify another noun:
常用以修饰另一名词：
例句：
meat products; a meat market.
肉制品；肉市


来源：
Middle English mete
中古英语 mete
from Old English [food]
源自 古英语 [食物]