- [uncountable, countable]
the soft part of an animal or a bird that can be eaten as food; a particular type of this 肉；（某种）食用肉 a piece/slice of meat 一块／一片肉 horse meat (= from a horse) 马肉 dog meat (= either for a dog or from a dog) 喂狗的肉 meat-eating animals 食肉动物 Their diet consists of lean meat and vegetables. 他们的饮食包括瘦肉和蔬菜。 Store raw meat on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. 将生肉储存在冰箱的底部搁板上。 cured meat (= treated with smoke, salt, etc to preserve it) 腌肉 Many processed meats have unhealthy levels of sodium. 许多加工肉类的钠含量不健康。 meat products 肉制品 Use the highest quality cuts of meat, fish or poultry. 使用最高质量的肉、鱼或家禽。 There's not much meat on this chop. 这块肉排没什么肉。 - (figurative, humorous)
There’s not much meat on her (= she is very thin). 她太骨感了。
Homophones meat | meetmeat meet- meat noun
I won't have any meat, thank you—I'm a vegetarian. 我不吃肉，谢谢——我是素食者。
- meet verb
I'll meet you at the station when your train gets in. 当你的火车进站时，我会在车站接你。
Extra ExamplesTopics Fooda1Do you eat meat? 你吃肉吗？ I'm not a great meat eater. 我吃肉不多。 He buys fresh meat and fish daily. 他每天都买新鲜的肉和鱼。 Fry the meat in a little olive oil. 用少量橄榄油把肉煎一下。 She always buys the cheaper cuts of meat. 她总是买比较便宜的部位的肉。 Simmer the meat for 30 minutes until tender. 用文火炖 30 分钟直至肉变嫩。 That meat smells rotten. 那肉有股腐臭味。 The animals do not hunt and rarely consume meat. 这些动物不猎食，也很少吃肉。 These pies have a low meat content. 这些馅饼里没多少肉。 Turn the meat frequently to brown it. 不断翻动肉直至变成褐色。 recipes for simple meat dishes 简单肉菜的烹饪法 a plate of cold meats 一碟冷盘肉 His favourite food is meat and vegetable stew. 他最喜欢的食物是炖肉和蔬菜。 They make fully cooked, ready-to-eat meat products. 他们制作完全煮熟的即食肉制品。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fresh
- bad
- rancid
- …
- bit
- chunk
- lump
- …
- consume
- eat
- chew
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- be off
- go off
- rot
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- ball
- broth
- dish
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- [uncountable] meat (of something)
the important or interesting part of something 重要的部分；有趣的部分 This chapter contains the real meat of the writer's argument. 这一章包含了作者的主要论点。 Let's get right to the meat of the matter and address the problem. 让我们开门见山，解决这个问题。
Word OriginOld English mete ‘food’ or ‘article of food’ (as in sweetmeat), of Germanic origin.
Idioms
dead meat
easy meat
a person who seems easy to defeat or cheat 肉： 看似容易打败或作弊的人Rogue traders saw elderly people as easy meat for overcharging. 流氓商贩把老年人看做容易多收的肉。
meat and drink to somebody (British English)
something that somebody enjoys very much 让某人非常开心的事 This degree of chaos is meat and drink to Guy. 这种程度的混乱对盖伊来说是小菜一碟。
something that is a normal thing to deal with for somebody 重要的部分；有趣的部分 This kind of research task is meat and drink to these students. 这种研究任务对这些学生来说是小菜一碟。
one man’s meat is another man’s poison
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used to say that different people like different things; what one person likes very much, another person does not like at all 兴趣爱好因人而异；一人手中宝，他人脚下草