English Dictionary

water gruel

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

A thin food made of water cooked with a small portion of oatmeal or similar substance, sometimes seasoned with other ingredients.

日本語の意味

水あるいは薄い液体で、米やオートミールなどを少量使って炊いた、薄めのおかゆや粥状の食事

After the shipwreck, the castaways survived on little more than water gruel and rainwater.

難破後、遭難者たちは薄めのオートミール粥と雨水だけで生き延びた。

意味（1）

A thin food made of water cooked with a small portion of oatmeal or similar substance, sometimes seasoned with other ingredients.

[A]t the very time when he was so very humane to poor Richardson, he absolutely suffered his own uncle and aunt to sell their beds to support them in water-gruel […] .

water gruels （ plural ）