meat, flesh

名詞 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
   同義詞：kernel
3. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
   同義詞：kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty

1. The meat will rot if it isn't kept cool.
   肉如果不冷藏就會腐敗。
2. The cheap buyer takes bad meat.
   [諺]便宜無好貨。
3. She gave some of the meat to the cat.
   她把一些肉給貓吃了。
4. The meat will scorch if you don't lower the gas.
   如果你不把煤氣調(diào)小一點，肉就要焦了。
5. There's not much meat on that bone.
   那塊骨頭上沒多少肉。
6. It's a clever speech, but there was no real meat in it.
   這演說很動聽，可是沒什么內(nèi)容。

meat

n.（名詞）
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（與魚或家禽不同的）哺乳動物的肉
The edible part, as of a piece of fruit or a nut.
果肉：水果或核桃等堅果的可食部分
The essence, substance, or gist:
要旨，實質(zhì)，內(nèi)容：
例句：
the meat of the editorial.
社論的中心內(nèi)容

Slang Something that one enjoys or excels in; a forte:
【俚語】 特長：擅長或樂意干的事情；特長，專長：
例句：
Tennis is his meat.
網(wǎng)球是他的專長

Nourishment; food:
養(yǎng)料；食物：
例句：
.Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink.(Edna St. Vincent Millay)
.愛并不是一切：它不是食物，也不是飲料.(埃德娜·圣文森特·米萊)

n.attributive.（定語名詞）
Often used to modify another noun:
常用以修飾另一名詞：
例句：
meat products; a meat market.
肉制品；肉市

來源：
Middle English mete
中古英語 mete
from Old English [food]
源自 古英語 [食物]