gruel
英 ['gr??l]
美['ɡru?l]
- vt. 使極度疲勞；累垮
- n. 稀粥
- n. (Gruel)人名；(德)格呂爾；(法)格呂埃爾
CET6暢通詞匯
中文詞源
gruel 舊時窮人吃的稀粥
來自PIE*ghreu, 刮，磨，詞源同grit, grind. 指磨的粗谷物，糙粥。
英文詞源
- gruel (n.)
- late 12c., "meal or flour made of beans, lentils, etc.," from Old French gruel "fine meal" (Modern French gruau), a diminutive form from Frankish *grut or another Germanic source, cognate with Middle Dutch grute "coarse meal, malt;" Middle High German gruz "grain," from PIE *ghreu- "to rub, grind" (see grit (n.)). Meaning "thin porridge or soup" is late 14c.
雙語例句
- 1. We had gruel for the breakfast.
- 我們早餐吃的是麥片粥.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. This gruel is too thin.
- 粥太稀了.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. If he plays fool, he'll get his gruel.
- 他如果干蠢事, 就一定會受到懲罰.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. He was writing his report so attentively that he didn't know the rice gruel in the pot had boiled over.
- 他聚精會神地寫報告,連鍋里的稀飯煮溢了也不知道.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The potentially tainted gruel reached more than 80 countries.
- 潛在的感染懲罰播及到多達80多個國家.
來自英漢非文學 - 生命科學 - 口蹄疫瘋牛病