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词汇 square meal
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Definition of square meal in English:

square meal

noun
  • A substantial, satisfying, and balanced meal.

    美餐,饱餐

    three square meals a day

    每日饱餐三顿。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Your blood sugar levels depend on what and when you eat, not on ‘three square meals a day’.
    • When I could eventually get my car out, I would head to the folks' house for Sunday dinner - my only square meal of the week.
    • In the past couple of months I haven't had any dinner (or any square meals most Saturdays or Sundays) because I've been too lazy to cook.
    • Each weekday, the staff collects up to 200 children from around the city and takes them to the center where they receive a good basic education and a square meal, possibly their only meal of the day.
    • The government allowances barely cover the cost of three square meals per day and very little is left over for clothing, hence the need for the private sector to become involved.
    • As a nation our diet has changed from three square meals a day to 7-20 snacks and this has led to an increase in the number of times the teeth come under acid attack and an increase in decay.
    • Daily physical fitness is just as crucial to good health as getting three square meals and eight hours of shut-eye.
    • Accommodation on board is basic, but you will be fed three square meals a day.
    • A study published in BMJ shows that eating small frequent meals is better for cholesterol levels than the three square meals mom always encouraged us to eat.
    • I'm lucky enough to be with soldiers who often complain amongst themselves, but all they expect are good leadership and three square meals a day.
    • I mean she's getting, like, three square meals a day in prison.
    • He was often better off behind bars, he says, since it meant he got three square meals a day and a clean bed to sleep on.
    • Even basic initiatives like providing a square meal to schoolchildren from disadvantaged backgrounds have been found to produce enormous results in school attendance.
    • Undoubtedly, most of us were raised to believe that three square meals a day are the cornerstone of a happy, healthy life.
    • Living in her village, she earns more than Rs.750 per month and is able to provide two square meals a day to her family.
    • Now aged 84, a grandfather and great grandfather, he recalls: ‘We hadn't had a square meal in days.
    • The fact that you and me are ‘luckier than most’ is especially hard to ignore in a country where every citizen can't take two square meals a day for granted.
    • I never made much money, but I got three square meals in the digs.
    • She knew I'd at least have a roof over my head and three square meals a day.
    • For Christmas this year, I've got the in-laws who do like three square meals a day.

Origin

Said to derive from nautical use, with reference to the square platters on which meals were served on board ship.

Definition of square meal in US English:

square meal

nounˌskwer ˈmēl
  • A substantial, satisfying, and balanced meal.

    美餐,饱餐

    three square meals a day

    每日饱餐三顿。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The government allowances barely cover the cost of three square meals per day and very little is left over for clothing, hence the need for the private sector to become involved.
    • When I could eventually get my car out, I would head to the folks' house for Sunday dinner - my only square meal of the week.
    • Undoubtedly, most of us were raised to believe that three square meals a day are the cornerstone of a happy, healthy life.
    • I never made much money, but I got three square meals in the digs.
    • Now aged 84, a grandfather and great grandfather, he recalls: ‘We hadn't had a square meal in days.
    • For Christmas this year, I've got the in-laws who do like three square meals a day.
    • In the past couple of months I haven't had any dinner (or any square meals most Saturdays or Sundays) because I've been too lazy to cook.
    • As a nation our diet has changed from three square meals a day to 7-20 snacks and this has led to an increase in the number of times the teeth come under acid attack and an increase in decay.
    • Even basic initiatives like providing a square meal to schoolchildren from disadvantaged backgrounds have been found to produce enormous results in school attendance.
    • Daily physical fitness is just as crucial to good health as getting three square meals and eight hours of shut-eye.
    • Each weekday, the staff collects up to 200 children from around the city and takes them to the center where they receive a good basic education and a square meal, possibly their only meal of the day.
    • He was often better off behind bars, he says, since it meant he got three square meals a day and a clean bed to sleep on.
    • She knew I'd at least have a roof over my head and three square meals a day.
    • I'm lucky enough to be with soldiers who often complain amongst themselves, but all they expect are good leadership and three square meals a day.
    • Your blood sugar levels depend on what and when you eat, not on ‘three square meals a day’.
    • Accommodation on board is basic, but you will be fed three square meals a day.
    • A study published in BMJ shows that eating small frequent meals is better for cholesterol levels than the three square meals mom always encouraged us to eat.
    • The fact that you and me are ‘luckier than most’ is especially hard to ignore in a country where every citizen can't take two square meals a day for granted.
    • Living in her village, she earns more than Rs.750 per month and is able to provide two square meals a day to her family.
    • I mean she's getting, like, three square meals a day in prison.

Origin

Said to derive from nautical use, with reference to the square platters on which meals were served on board ship.

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