Definition of meat in English:

meat

noun miːtmit

mass noun

1The flesh of an animal, typically a mammal or bird, as food (the flesh of domestic fowls is sometimes distinguished as poultry)
pieces of meat
place meat and poultry in the refrigerator immediately
as modifier meat pies
count noun cold meats
Example sentencesExamples
- A giant wooden table was there, filled with bountiful fruits and meat.
- Preparing bison meat is comparable to preparing other lean meats.
- He could smell the meats and the foods cooking on the hot plates above him, and he felt his stomach growl.
- Beef's share of total meats consumed recovered in 1997 and was stable in 1998.
- But they did encourage imports of meat, fruit, vegetables, and wine.
- Fatty cuts of meat and processed meats are among meats high in saturated fat.
- You don't have to be a master chef in order to cook meats properly.
- When she investigated, she discovered a leather pouch half filled with dried meat and fruit.
- His group wanted to find out why some meats become more tender while others stay too tough.
- They also spend more on staples such as meat, fruit, cereals and bakery products than the average American household.
- An hour or two later she pulled out some dried fruit and smoked meat for lunch.
- The principal meats were pork, beef, mutton, and sometimes freshwater fish taken from the river.
- Cleaning, cutting and grinding meats and vegetables can take an entire morning, just for preparing the ingredients for a simple meal.
- The meats consisted of soft shelled crab covered in spices, tender roast beef and chicken.
- A self-service salad bar is packed with a variety of fresh, organic foods, salads, fish, meats, sauces and dips.
- They even took a good portion of the fancier meats like mutton, quail, and deer.
- They had bread, fruits, meat, butter, water, milk and even some cake.
- Sarah sauntered over to pick up the dish of cold meats and ate in silence.
- The highly processed food and low-quality meats affect the health, both physical and mental, of everyone here.
- The table was covered with meats from many different kinds of animals, all smoked and juicy.
Synonyms
flesh, muscle
1. 1.1 The flesh of a person's body.
  （人体）肉
  this'll put meat on your bones!
  这会让你长肉的！
  Example sentencesExamples
  Maeve was thankful though that he had some meat on his body even though it was little and he always looked deathly sick.
  Raula had meat on her bones, so she was not knocked down.
  Where once his frame seemed to safeguard her, she now felt that she had more meat on her body than he did.
  He knew of the boy's poor eating habits and was obviously trying to help get some meat on his bones in a backhanded way.
  I like women with some meat on their bones.
  Considering how important Madsen is to the story, I'd have liked to see more meat on her bones.
  His body had practically no meat on his bones, but he walked with enough spring in his step for a youth.
  Not only was she getting some meat on her bones from Dominick's hearty cooking, but she was also learning about the area.
  She was slender but she had meat on her bones, unlike some of the supermodels he had seen.
  These were substantial women with meat on their bones.
  Throughout the course of his life, there had never been more meat than was necessary on Cyprus' bones.
  She had been here a month and almost nothing had changed except that she had more meat clinging to her bones.
  There was no meat in his flesh: it might as well be bones.
  His arms and legs look like there's no meat left on them, just muscle and bone.
  But they have to be real people, with names, and meat on their bones.
  You really need to get some meat on your bones, you know.
  He is very thin and Matka says the meat on his bones is all muscle.
  The little boy, who was no more than twelve or so years old, was a scarecrow-like kid with more meat in his fingernails than his bones.
  Women who are underweight are much more likely than women with more meat on their bones to say that they prefer shopping with their friends, the survey finds.
  I never had much meat on my behind, my body was born to move.
  Synonyms
  flesh, muscle
2. 1.2North American The edible part of fruits, nuts, or eggs.
  〈主美〉果肉；坚果仁；（蛋的）可食用部分
  Example sentencesExamples
  Greedily he bit into the flesh of the fruit, the meat bursting into liquid.
  Her face was screwed up in a comical expression of extreme disgust that soon changed to a sheepish grin as she saw that the fruit's meat lay exposed just under the rind.
3. 1.3the meat of The chief part of something.
  实质；主要部分
  he did the meat of the climb on the first day
  他第一天就完成了大部分的攀登。
  Example sentencesExamples
  They are dialogue-heavy, but they are laying the groundwork for the real meat of the film.
  Disc Two is where the meat of the supplements is featured.
  Synonyms
  substance, pith, marrow, heart, kernel, core, nucleus, nub
  essence, essentials, point, gist, fundamentals, basics
  informal nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts
2archaic Food of any kind.
〈古〉食物
Synonyms
food, nourishment, sustenance, provisions, rations, fare, foodstuff(s), nutriment, daily bread, feed
informal grub, eats, chow, nosh, scoff
formal comestibles, provender
archaic victuals, viands, commons
rare aliment
1. 2.1 A meal.
  we have talked at meat with this stranger
  Example sentencesExamples
  The morning had been a dull one, not good for fine work, so we sat or stood with our spindles until we took our meat at noon.

Phrases

be meat and drink to

1Be a source of great pleasure to.
是…的乐趣，是…的快乐
meat and drink to me, this life is!
这样的生活正是我的乐趣所在！
2Be a customary matter for.
the commercial market-research business that is meat and drink to most pollsters
Example sentencesExamples
- The large number of statistics will, of course, be meat and drink to the Formula One fanboys at which this tome is mainly targeted.
- That would be meat and drink to a side of Drighlington's standing.
- This task you have set is meat and drink to me, Silver, let me be.
- Conclusions like this will be meat and drink to undergraduates.
- Such a takeover would be meat and drink to leveraged buyout merchants like Valentia or e-Island consortia.

easy meat

informal A person who is easily overcome or outwitted.
〈非正式〉容易对付的人（或动物）
with no family money to protect him, he was easy meat
Example sentencesExamples
- They were on foot, and that should have made them easy meat, despite their head start, yet none of the men Churnazh could fully trust had found a trace of them.
- It became apparent that if we were to encounter enemies, we would be easy meat.
- The star lefties are easy meat because of their wealth and cosseted existences.
- It was probably just some guy, he was positive it was a male, who thought Dyllis would be easy meat and might even be locked up now anyway.
Synonyms
weakling, not a force to be reckoned with, feeble opponent, unworthy opponent, man of straw

meat and potatoes

Basic and essential aspects.
the club's meat and potatoes remains blues performers
俱乐部的主力仍然是布鲁斯乐手。
Example sentencesExamples
- Of course, the meat and potatoes of the game are its many quests and the often-connected spells that Harry acquires as a result.
- In other words, skip through the bits to get to the meat and potatoes of this disc: the interview segments.
- Before getting into the meat and potatoes of the story, I should explain a little about myself.
- The whole point of the exercise, of course, is to get to the meat and potatoes of the tale: The war between man and machine.
- Nearly half the movie transpires before we get to the meat and potatoes of the gunplay.
- The meat and potatoes of any platforming game, the game's puzzles, are fairly standard when compared to other games.
- These ideas, along with more overt forms of discrimination, are the meat and potatoes of this film.
- Of course the real meat and potatoes here is the gameplay.
- An article like the one you are reading is the meat and potatoes of blogs.
- So now, we get down to the meat and potatoes of his problem.

meat and two veg

1A dish consisting of meat served with two varieties of vegetable.
2A man's genitals.
Example sentencesExamples
- He had landed straddling the front wing mirror, missing his meat and two veg by mere inches.

one man's meat is another man's poison

proverb Things liked or enjoyed by one person may be distasteful to another.
〈谚〉甲之珍馐，乙之砒霜；人各有好恶
Example sentencesExamples
- These very different concepts require very different musical interpretations, and one man's meat is another man's poison.
- It is not so much that one man's meat is another man's poison as it is that one man's poison is another man's poison.
- It cuts both ways and one man's meat is another man's poison.

Derivatives

meatless

adjective ˈmiːtləsˈmitləs

But if you want to be more daring, a whole world of meatless cuisine is out there.
Example sentencesExamples
- Which store should I shop for food at if I want a lot of organic, natural, and meatless food?
- Going meatless a few times a week - or even once a week - can be beneficial.
- Dogs can enjoy a meatless diet because they can synthesize some necessary nutrients that cats need to get from their food.
- Then without a word she picked up a meatless bone from her plate and snapped it in two.

Origin

Old English mete 'food' or 'article of food' (as in sweetmeat), of Germanic origin.

Meat is related to mete (Old English), an old word meaning ‘to measure’, and mate (Late Middle English) through the idea of a mate being someone you share food with. It goes back to an ancient root shared with meditate (late 16th century). The earliest sense of meat was simply ‘food’. This survives in the proverb one man's meat is another man's poison, which is recorded in English from the late 16th century but has a parallel in the work of the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius of the 1st century bc. Other early meanings include ‘an item of food’, now found only in sweetmeat (Late Middle English). See also flesh

Rhymes

accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat

Definition of meat in US English:

meat

nounmitmēt

1The flesh of an animal (especially a mammal) as food.
（食用）肉
pieces of meat
place meat and poultry in the refrigerator immediately
as modifier meat sandwiches
assorted meats
Example sentencesExamples
- A self-service salad bar is packed with a variety of fresh, organic foods, salads, fish, meats, sauces and dips.
- An hour or two later she pulled out some dried fruit and smoked meat for lunch.
- Cleaning, cutting and grinding meats and vegetables can take an entire morning, just for preparing the ingredients for a simple meal.
- You don't have to be a master chef in order to cook meats properly.
- Preparing bison meat is comparable to preparing other lean meats.
- They even took a good portion of the fancier meats like mutton, quail, and deer.
- But they did encourage imports of meat, fruit, vegetables, and wine.
- His group wanted to find out why some meats become more tender while others stay too tough.
- When she investigated, she discovered a leather pouch half filled with dried meat and fruit.
- They also spend more on staples such as meat, fruit, cereals and bakery products than the average American household.
- Sarah sauntered over to pick up the dish of cold meats and ate in silence.
- He could smell the meats and the foods cooking on the hot plates above him, and he felt his stomach growl.
- The principal meats were pork, beef, mutton, and sometimes freshwater fish taken from the river.
- A giant wooden table was there, filled with bountiful fruits and meat.
- The highly processed food and low-quality meats affect the health, both physical and mental, of everyone here.
- The meats consisted of soft shelled crab covered in spices, tender roast beef and chicken.
- They had bread, fruits, meat, butter, water, milk and even some cake.
- Beef's share of total meats consumed recovered in 1997 and was stable in 1998.
- Fatty cuts of meat and processed meats are among meats high in saturated fat.
- The table was covered with meats from many different kinds of animals, all smoked and juicy.
Synonyms
flesh, muscle
1. 1.1 The flesh of a person's body.
  （人体）肉
  this'll put meat on your bones!
  这会让你长肉的！
  Example sentencesExamples
  There was no meat in his flesh: it might as well be bones.
  I never had much meat on my behind, my body was born to move.
  Women who are underweight are much more likely than women with more meat on their bones to say that they prefer shopping with their friends, the survey finds.
  But they have to be real people, with names, and meat on their bones.
  She was slender but she had meat on her bones, unlike some of the supermodels he had seen.
  Considering how important Madsen is to the story, I'd have liked to see more meat on her bones.
  You really need to get some meat on your bones, you know.
  Raula had meat on her bones, so she was not knocked down.
  These were substantial women with meat on their bones.
  His arms and legs look like there's no meat left on them, just muscle and bone.
  The little boy, who was no more than twelve or so years old, was a scarecrow-like kid with more meat in his fingernails than his bones.
  She had been here a month and almost nothing had changed except that she had more meat clinging to her bones.
  Throughout the course of his life, there had never been more meat than was necessary on Cyprus' bones.
  Where once his frame seemed to safeguard her, she now felt that she had more meat on her body than he did.
  Maeve was thankful though that he had some meat on his body even though it was little and he always looked deathly sick.
  He knew of the boy's poor eating habits and was obviously trying to help get some meat on his bones in a backhanded way.
  I like women with some meat on their bones.
  His body had practically no meat on his bones, but he walked with enough spring in his step for a youth.
  Not only was she getting some meat on her bones from Dominick's hearty cooking, but she was also learning about the area.
  He is very thin and Matka says the meat on his bones is all muscle.
  Synonyms
  flesh, muscle
2. 1.2North American The edible part of fruits or nuts.
  〈主美〉果肉；坚果仁；（蛋的）可食用部分
  Example sentencesExamples
  Greedily he bit into the flesh of the fruit, the meat bursting into liquid.
  Her face was screwed up in a comical expression of extreme disgust that soon changed to a sheepish grin as she saw that the fruit's meat lay exposed just under the rind.
3. 1.3the meat of The essence or chief part of something.
  实质；主要部分
  he did the meat of the climb on the first day
  他第一天就完成了大部分的攀登。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Disc Two is where the meat of the supplements is featured.
  They are dialogue-heavy, but they are laying the groundwork for the real meat of the film.
  Synonyms
  substance, pith, marrow, heart, kernel, core, nucleus, nub
2archaic Food of any kind.
〈古〉食物
Synonyms
food, nourishment, sustenance, provisions, rations, fare, foodstuff, foodstuffs, nutriment, daily bread, feed

Phrases

be meat and drink to

1Be a source of great pleasure to.
是…的乐趣，是…的快乐
meat and drink to me, this life is!
这样的生活正是我的乐趣所在！
2Be a routine matter or task for.
是…的惯常的事；是…平常的任务
he should be meat and drink to the English defense
他应该是英国队一直要盯防的对象。
Example sentencesExamples
- The large number of statistics will, of course, be meat and drink to the Formula One fanboys at which this tome is mainly targeted.
- That would be meat and drink to a side of Drighlington's standing.
- This task you have set is meat and drink to me, Silver, let me be.
- Conclusions like this will be meat and drink to undergraduates.
- Such a takeover would be meat and drink to leveraged buyout merchants like Valentia or e-Island consortia.

meat and potatoes

Ordinary but fundamental things; basic ingredients.
重要部分；基本成分
the club's meat and potatoes remains blues performers
俱乐部的主力仍然是布鲁斯乐手。
Example sentencesExamples
- The meat and potatoes of any platforming game, the game's puzzles, are fairly standard when compared to other games.
- The whole point of the exercise, of course, is to get to the meat and potatoes of the tale: The war between man and machine.
- These ideas, along with more overt forms of discrimination, are the meat and potatoes of this film.
- Before getting into the meat and potatoes of the story, I should explain a little about myself.
- In other words, skip through the bits to get to the meat and potatoes of this disc: the interview segments.
- Of course, the meat and potatoes of the game are its many quests and the often-connected spells that Harry acquires as a result.
- So now, we get down to the meat and potatoes of his problem.
- Of course the real meat and potatoes here is the gameplay.
- Nearly half the movie transpires before we get to the meat and potatoes of the gunplay.
- An article like the one you are reading is the meat and potatoes of blogs.

one man's meat is another man's poison

proverb Things liked or enjoyed by one person may be distasteful to another.
〈谚〉甲之珍馐，乙之砒霜；人各有好恶
Example sentencesExamples
- It cuts both ways and one man's meat is another man's poison.
- It is not so much that one man's meat is another man's poison as it is that one man's poison is another man's poison.
- These very different concepts require very different musical interpretations, and one man's meat is another man's poison.

Origin

Old English mete ‘food’ or ‘article of food’ (as in sweetmeat), of Germanic origin.

词汇	meat
释义	Definition of meat in English: meat noun miːtmit mass noun 1The flesh of an animal, typically a mammal or bird, as food (the flesh of domestic fowls is sometimes distinguished as poultry) pieces of meat place meat and poultry in the refrigerator immediately as modifier meat pies count noun cold meats Example sentencesExamples A giant wooden table was there, filled with bountiful fruits and meat. Preparing bison meat is comparable to preparing other lean meats. He could smell the meats and the foods cooking on the hot plates above him, and he felt his stomach growl. Beef's share of total meats consumed recovered in 1997 and was stable in 1998. But they did encourage imports of meat, fruit, vegetables, and wine. Fatty cuts of meat and processed meats are among meats high in saturated fat. You don't have to be a master chef in order to cook meats properly. When she investigated, she discovered a leather pouch half filled with dried meat and fruit. His group wanted to find out why some meats become more tender while others stay too tough. They also spend more on staples such as meat, fruit, cereals and bakery products than the average American household. An hour or two later she pulled out some dried fruit and smoked meat for lunch. The principal meats were pork, beef, mutton, and sometimes freshwater fish taken from the river. Cleaning, cutting and grinding meats and vegetables can take an entire morning, just for preparing the ingredients for a simple meal. The meats consisted of soft shelled crab covered in spices, tender roast beef and chicken. A self-service salad bar is packed with a variety of fresh, organic foods, salads, fish, meats, sauces and dips. They even took a good portion of the fancier meats like mutton, quail, and deer. They had bread, fruits, meat, butter, water, milk and even some cake. Sarah sauntered over to pick up the dish of cold meats and ate in silence. The highly processed food and low-quality meats affect the health, both physical and mental, of everyone here. The table was covered with meats from many different kinds of animals, all smoked and juicy. Synonyms flesh, muscle 1.1 The flesh of a person's body. （人体）肉 this'll put meat on your bones! 这会让你长肉的！ Example sentencesExamples Maeve was thankful though that he had some meat on his body even though it was little and he always looked deathly sick. Raula had meat on her bones, so she was not knocked down. Where once his frame seemed to safeguard her, she now felt that she had more meat on her body than he did. He knew of the boy's poor eating habits and was obviously trying to help get some meat on his bones in a backhanded way. I like women with some meat on their bones. Considering how important Madsen is to the story, I'd have liked to see more meat on her bones. His body had practically no meat on his bones, but he walked with enough spring in his step for a youth. Not only was she getting some meat on her bones from Dominick's hearty cooking, but she was also learning about the area. She was slender but she had meat on her bones, unlike some of the supermodels he had seen. These were substantial women with meat on their bones. Throughout the course of his life, there had never been more meat than was necessary on Cyprus' bones. She had been here a month and almost nothing had changed except that she had more meat clinging to her bones. There was no meat in his flesh: it might as well be bones. His arms and legs look like there's no meat left on them, just muscle and bone. But they have to be real people, with names, and meat on their bones. You really need to get some meat on your bones, you know. He is very thin and Matka says the meat on his bones is all muscle. The little boy, who was no more than twelve or so years old, was a scarecrow-like kid with more meat in his fingernails than his bones. Women who are underweight are much more likely than women with more meat on their bones to say that they prefer shopping with their friends, the survey finds. I never had much meat on my behind, my body was born to move. Synonyms flesh, muscle 1.2North American The edible part of fruits, nuts, or eggs. 〈主美〉果肉；坚果仁；（蛋的）可食用部分 Example sentencesExamples Greedily he bit into the flesh of the fruit, the meat bursting into liquid. Her face was screwed up in a comical expression of extreme disgust that soon changed to a sheepish grin as she saw that the fruit's meat lay exposed just under the rind. 1.3the meat of The chief part of something. 实质；主要部分 he did the meat of the climb on the first day 他第一天就完成了大部分的攀登。 Example sentencesExamples They are dialogue-heavy, but they are laying the groundwork for the real meat of the film. Disc Two is where the meat of the supplements is featured. Synonyms substance, pith, marrow, heart, kernel, core, nucleus, nub essence, essentials, point, gist, fundamentals, basics informal nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts 2archaic Food of any kind. 〈古〉食物 Synonyms food, nourishment, sustenance, provisions, rations, fare, foodstuff(s), nutriment, daily bread, feed informal grub, eats, chow, nosh, scoff formal comestibles, provender archaic victuals, viands, commons rare aliment 2.1 A meal. we have talked at meat with this stranger Example sentencesExamples The morning had been a dull one, not good for fine work, so we sat or stood with our spindles until we took our meat at noon. Phrases be meat and drink to 1Be a source of great pleasure to. 是…的乐趣，是…的快乐 meat and drink to me, this life is! 这样的生活正是我的乐趣所在！ 2Be a customary matter for. the commercial market-research business that is meat and drink to most pollsters Example sentencesExamples The large number of statistics will, of course, be meat and drink to the Formula One fanboys at which this tome is mainly targeted. That would be meat and drink to a side of Drighlington's standing. This task you have set is meat and drink to me, Silver, let me be. Conclusions like this will be meat and drink to undergraduates. Such a takeover would be meat and drink to leveraged buyout merchants like Valentia or e-Island consortia. easy meat informal A person who is easily overcome or outwitted. 〈非正式〉容易对付的人（或动物） with no family money to protect him, he was easy meat Example sentencesExamples They were on foot, and that should have made them easy meat, despite their head start, yet none of the men Churnazh could fully trust had found a trace of them. It became apparent that if we were to encounter enemies, we would be easy meat. The star lefties are easy meat because of their wealth and cosseted existences. It was probably just some guy, he was positive it was a male, who thought Dyllis would be easy meat and might even be locked up now anyway. Synonyms weakling, not a force to be reckoned with, feeble opponent, unworthy opponent, man of straw meat and potatoes Basic and essential aspects. the club's meat and potatoes remains blues performers 俱乐部的主力仍然是布鲁斯乐手。 Example sentencesExamples Of course, the meat and potatoes of the game are its many quests and the often-connected spells that Harry acquires as a result. In other words, skip through the bits to get to the meat and potatoes of this disc: the interview segments. Before getting into the meat and potatoes of the story, I should explain a little about myself. The whole point of the exercise, of course, is to get to the meat and potatoes of the tale: The war between man and machine. Nearly half the movie transpires before we get to the meat and potatoes of the gunplay. The meat and potatoes of any platforming game, the game's puzzles, are fairly standard when compared to other games. These ideas, along with more overt forms of discrimination, are the meat and potatoes of this film. Of course the real meat and potatoes here is the gameplay. An article like the one you are reading is the meat and potatoes of blogs. So now, we get down to the meat and potatoes of his problem. meat and two veg 1A dish consisting of meat served with two varieties of vegetable. 2A man's genitals. Example sentencesExamples He had landed straddling the front wing mirror, missing his meat and two veg by mere inches. one man's meat is another man's poison proverb Things liked or enjoyed by one person may be distasteful to another. 〈谚〉甲之珍馐，乙之砒霜；人各有好恶 Example sentencesExamples These very different concepts require very different musical interpretations, and one man's meat is another man's poison. It is not so much that one man's meat is another man's poison as it is that one man's poison is another man's poison. It cuts both ways and one man's meat is another man's poison. Derivatives meatless adjective ˈmiːtləsˈmitləs But if you want to be more daring, a whole world of meatless cuisine is out there. Example sentencesExamples Which store should I shop for food at if I want a lot of organic, natural, and meatless food? Going meatless a few times a week - or even once a week - can be beneficial. Dogs can enjoy a meatless diet because they can synthesize some necessary nutrients that cats need to get from their food. Then without a word she picked up a meatless bone from her plate and snapped it in two. Origin Old English mete 'food' or 'article of food' (as in sweetmeat), of Germanic origin. Meat is related to mete (Old English), an old word meaning ‘to measure’, and mate (Late Middle English) through the idea of a mate being someone you share food with. It goes back to an ancient root shared with meditate (late 16th century). The earliest sense of meat was simply ‘food’. This survives in the proverb one man's meat is another man's poison, which is recorded in English from the late 16th century but has a parallel in the work of the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius of the 1st century bc. Other early meanings include ‘an item of food’, now found only in sweetmeat (Late Middle English). See also flesh Rhymes accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat noun.1 phr. Definition of meat in US English: meat nounmitmēt 1The flesh of an animal (especially a mammal) as food. （食用）肉 pieces of meat place meat and poultry in the refrigerator immediately as modifier meat sandwiches assorted meats Example sentencesExamples A self-service salad bar is packed with a variety of fresh, organic foods, salads, fish, meats, sauces and dips. An hour or two later she pulled out some dried fruit and smoked meat for lunch. Cleaning, cutting and grinding meats and vegetables can take an entire morning, just for preparing the ingredients for a simple meal. You don't have to be a master chef in order to cook meats properly. Preparing bison meat is comparable to preparing other lean meats. They even took a good portion of the fancier meats like mutton, quail, and deer. But they did encourage imports of meat, fruit, vegetables, and wine. His group wanted to find out why some meats become more tender while others stay too tough. When she investigated, she discovered a leather pouch half filled with dried meat and fruit. They also spend more on staples such as meat, fruit, cereals and bakery products than the average American household. Sarah sauntered over to pick up the dish of cold meats and ate in silence. He could smell the meats and the foods cooking on the hot plates above him, and he felt his stomach growl. The principal meats were pork, beef, mutton, and sometimes freshwater fish taken from the river. A giant wooden table was there, filled with bountiful fruits and meat. The highly processed food and low-quality meats affect the health, both physical and mental, of everyone here. The meats consisted of soft shelled crab covered in spices, tender roast beef and chicken. They had bread, fruits, meat, butter, water, milk and even some cake. Beef's share of total meats consumed recovered in 1997 and was stable in 1998. Fatty cuts of meat and processed meats are among meats high in saturated fat. The table was covered with meats from many different kinds of animals, all smoked and juicy. Synonyms flesh, muscle 1.1 The flesh of a person's body. （人体）肉 this'll put meat on your bones! 这会让你长肉的！ Example sentencesExamples There was no meat in his flesh: it might as well be bones. I never had much meat on my behind, my body was born to move. Women who are underweight are much more likely than women with more meat on their bones to say that they prefer shopping with their friends, the survey finds. But they have to be real people, with names, and meat on their bones. She was slender but she had meat on her bones, unlike some of the supermodels he had seen. Considering how important Madsen is to the story, I'd have liked to see more meat on her bones. You really need to get some meat on your bones, you know. Raula had meat on her bones, so she was not knocked down. These were substantial women with meat on their bones. His arms and legs look like there's no meat left on them, just muscle and bone. The little boy, who was no more than twelve or so years old, was a scarecrow-like kid with more meat in his fingernails than his bones. She had been here a month and almost nothing had changed except that she had more meat clinging to her bones. Throughout the course of his life, there had never been more meat than was necessary on Cyprus' bones. Where once his frame seemed to safeguard her, she now felt that she had more meat on her body than he did. Maeve was thankful though that he had some meat on his body even though it was little and he always looked deathly sick. He knew of the boy's poor eating habits and was obviously trying to help get some meat on his bones in a backhanded way. I like women with some meat on their bones. His body had practically no meat on his bones, but he walked with enough spring in his step for a youth. Not only was she getting some meat on her bones from Dominick's hearty cooking, but she was also learning about the area. He is very thin and Matka says the meat on his bones is all muscle. Synonyms flesh, muscle 1.2North American The edible part of fruits or nuts. 〈主美〉果肉；坚果仁；（蛋的）可食用部分 Example sentencesExamples Greedily he bit into the flesh of the fruit, the meat bursting into liquid. Her face was screwed up in a comical expression of extreme disgust that soon changed to a sheepish grin as she saw that the fruit's meat lay exposed just under the rind. 1.3the meat of The essence or chief part of something. 实质；主要部分 he did the meat of the climb on the first day 他第一天就完成了大部分的攀登。 Example sentencesExamples Disc Two is where the meat of the supplements is featured. They are dialogue-heavy, but they are laying the groundwork for the real meat of the film. Synonyms substance, pith, marrow, heart, kernel, core, nucleus, nub 2archaic Food of any kind. 〈古〉食物 Synonyms food, nourishment, sustenance, provisions, rations, fare, foodstuff, foodstuffs, nutriment, daily bread, feed Phrases be meat and drink to 1Be a source of great pleasure to. 是…的乐趣，是…的快乐 meat and drink to me, this life is! 这样的生活正是我的乐趣所在！ 2Be a routine matter or task for. 是…的惯常的事；是…平常的任务 he should be meat and drink to the English defense 他应该是英国队一直要盯防的对象。 Example sentencesExamples The large number of statistics will, of course, be meat and drink to the Formula One fanboys at which this tome is mainly targeted. That would be meat and drink to a side of Drighlington's standing. This task you have set is meat and drink to me, Silver, let me be. Conclusions like this will be meat and drink to undergraduates. Such a takeover would be meat and drink to leveraged buyout merchants like Valentia or e-Island consortia. meat and potatoes Ordinary but fundamental things; basic ingredients. 重要部分；基本成分 the club's meat and potatoes remains blues performers 俱乐部的主力仍然是布鲁斯乐手。 Example sentencesExamples The meat and potatoes of any platforming game, the game's puzzles, are fairly standard when compared to other games. The whole point of the exercise, of course, is to get to the meat and potatoes of the tale: The war between man and machine. These ideas, along with more overt forms of discrimination, are the meat and potatoes of this film. Before getting into the meat and potatoes of the story, I should explain a little about myself. In other words, skip through the bits to get to the meat and potatoes of this disc: the interview segments. Of course, the meat and potatoes of the game are its many quests and the often-connected spells that Harry acquires as a result. So now, we get down to the meat and potatoes of his problem. Of course the real meat and potatoes here is the gameplay. Nearly half the movie transpires before we get to the meat and potatoes of the gunplay. An article like the one you are reading is the meat and potatoes of blogs. one man's meat is another man's poison proverb Things liked or enjoyed by one person may be distasteful to another. 〈谚〉甲之珍馐，乙之砒霜；人各有好恶 Example sentencesExamples It cuts both ways and one man's meat is another man's poison. It is not so much that one man's meat is another man's poison as it is that one man's poison is another man's poison. These very different concepts require very different musical interpretations, and one man's meat is another man's poison. Origin Old English mete ‘food’ or ‘article of food’ (as in sweetmeat), of Germanic origin. noun.1 phr.
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