Meal

(noun.) coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse.

(noun.) the food served and eaten at one time.

(noun.) any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times.

伊莱扎录入

• During the meal she was quiet and cool: but I could not undeceive her then. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He scarcely ever took a meal in the house; he lived in the counting-house. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Fanny's last meal in her father's house was in character with her first: she was dismissed from it as hospitably as she had been welcomed. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• The meal was then bolted, and the tailings, consisting of bran, middlings and adherent flour, again sifted and re-ground. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Some of the office employees would also drop in once in a while, and as everybody present was always welcome to partake of the midnight meal, we all enjoyed these gatherings. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Chamberlain, take these people over to my brother, the Grand Duke's, and give them a square meal. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The meal over, prayers were read by Miss Miller, and the classes filed off, two and two, upstairs. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Take a seat and bear me company, Jane: please God, it is the last meal but one you will eat at Thornfield Hall for a long time. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I was not surprised, therefore, when this morning he left his untouched meal behind him, and started with me for Norwood. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• This meal over, she resumed honest Rawdon's calculations of the night previous, and surveyed her position. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Phil announcing it, Mr. George knocks the ashes out of his pipe on the hob, stands his pipe itself in the chimney corner, and sits down to the meal. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The simple morning meal now smoked on the table, for Mrs. Shelby had excused Aunt Chloe's attendance at the great house that morning. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I never shall enjoy a meal in this distressful country. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The two gentlemen, refreshed by their bath and a hearty meal, were now arrayed in loose, flowing robes of white wool, similar to that of Justinian. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• It is unlucky to travel where your path is crossed by a monk, a hare, or a howling dog, until you have eaten your next meal. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• They say he will eat any thing he can get between meals, but he prefers oakum. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• They had their meals in the studio, they lived there safely. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He took his meals at the same emaciator that I did. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• My uncle, Mr. Fairlie, never joins us at any of our meals: he is an invalid, and keeps bachelor state in his own apartments. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• When Mr. and Miss Murdstone were at home, I took my meals with them; in their absence, I ate and drank by myself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Exercise should precede meals, not immediately follow them; the first promotes, the latter, unless moderate, obstructs digestion. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Among the chief pleasures of the Catholic monarch between meals during this time of retirement were funeral services. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I have impressed upon Amy during many years, that I must have my meals (for instance) punctually. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The community of women and children is renounced; the institution of common or public meals for women (Laws) is for the first time introduced (Ar. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The nature and the simplicity of gentlemen and ladies, with their servants and furniture, I think is best observed by meals within doors. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• St. John had a book in his hand--it was his unsocial custom to read at meals--he closed it, and looked up. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Yer never get time enough over yer meals. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• The unwholesome boy, who seemed to me to be going into a decline, took his meals out of the house. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• But I do not want Michael Angelo for breakfast--for luncheon--for dinner--for tea--for supper--for between meals. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• One of 'em takes his twelve pints of ale a day, and never leaves off smoking even at his meals. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

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