English Dictionary

meal

IPA（発音記号）

/miːl/

名詞

可算名詞 くだけた表現 不可算名詞 廃用

(countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack). / (countable) Food served or eaten as a repast.

日本語の意味

食事（準備され、一定の時間に摂取される、まとまりのある料理）」

After a long day at work, she looked forward to a hot home-cooked meal.

長い一日の仕事の後、彼女は温かい手作りの夕食を楽しみにしていた。

意味（1）

(countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).

Breakfast is the morning meal, lunch is the noon meal, and dinner, or supper, is the evening meal.

意味（2）

(countable) Food served or eaten as a repast.

If thou wilt fare well at meat and meal, come and follow me.

意味（3）

(uncountable, informal) A break taken by a police officer in order to eat.

They [tape recorders] can be turned off while officers are on meal or in the car to protect their private conversations […]

意味（4）

(obsolete) A time or an occasion.

Ye wolde wepe at every mele; But for my sone wepe ye never a dele. You would weep at every meal, but for my son you never weep a deal.

meals （ plural ）