meat

meat

英 [miːt]
　　美 [mit]

n. 肉，肉類（食用）

n.(名詞)meat的基本意思是“肉”,指除瞭魚和禽類以外的,所有可以被人類食用的肉類。引申可指“主要或重要部分”。meat通常不用於復數形式,但meats可指“各種肉類”。a cut of meat指“一塊〔刀〕肉”; a dish of meat指“一盤肉”; a piece of meat指“一片肉”。

中文詞源：

meat 肉

來自古英語mete,食物，來自Proto-Germanic*mati,來自PIE*mad,濕的，多汁的，詞源同mate,mastoid.後詞義限定為肉，其原義見中古英語詞grene-mete,蔬菜，即green meat.

例句：

1. Remove the meat with a fork and divide it among four plates.
用餐叉把肉叉走，分到4個盤裡。

2. The government increased prices on several basic commodities like bread and meat.
政府提高瞭面包、肉類等幾種基本商品的價格。

3. The meat they'd managed to procure assuaged their hunger.
他們把搞到手的肉拿來充饑。

4. They would sell the meat off as pet food.
他們將把肉當作寵物食品賣掉。

5. Meat was available once a week if at all.
就算有肉，也是每周才吃一次。