meal

dinner, meal

这两个名词都有“餐”之意。
dinner: 正餐。指一日中的主餐，可中午吃，也可晚间吃。
meal: 泛指一日三餐的任一餐，也可指一餐所吃的东西。

名词 meal:

1. the food served and eaten at one time
   同义词：repast
2. any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
3. coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse

1. I slaved away all day over a hot stove to produce this meal, and now they've hardly eaten any of it.
   我一整天围着火热的炉子辛辛苦苦地做出这顿饭，可是他们现在几乎一点儿也没有吃。
2. I had a frugal meal of bread and cheese last night.
   我昨晚吃了只有面包和奶酪的便餐。
3. Enjoy your meal.
   请慢慢享用吧。
4. The meal cost us 30.
   这顿饭花了我们30英镑。
5. First prize in the competition will be a meal at the restaurant of your choice.
   获头奖者可自选饭店用一餐。
6. My mother usually cooks a hot meal in the evening.
   我妈妈通常在晚上煮一顿热饭。
7. My father and I only meet at meals.
   我父亲和我只在进餐时间相聚。

meal

n.（名词）
The edible whole or coarsely ground grains of a cereal grass.
粗磨粉：谷类植物完全或粗磨的可食用颗粒
A granular substance produced by grinding.
颗粒物：经过碾磨制成的粒状物质

来源：
Middle English mele
中古英语 mele
from Old English melu * see mel…-
源自 古英语 melu *参见 mel…-

meal
meal 2

n.（名词）
The food served and eaten in one sitting.
膳食；一餐：一餐的食物
A customary time or occasion of eating food.
进餐，进餐时间：习惯上的时间或进餐时机

来源：
Middle English mele
中古英语 mele
from Old English môl * see mô- 2
源自 古英语 môl *参见 mô- 2