| 单词 | gruel |
| 释义 | gruel noun[U] uk/ˈɡruː.əl/us/ˈɡruː.əl/acheapsimplefoodmade,especiallyin the past, byboilingoatswithwaterormilk （尤指旧时的）稀粥，燕麦粥Cereals
Examplesofgruelgruel They are fed a few grains of rice boiled intogruela couple of times a day; the food is placed directly inside the container. From theCambridge English Corpus Prematurely weaned babies who are only fed ricegruelare the main problem. From theCambridge English Corpus Her daughter-in-law remained the only person to bring water and ricegruelthree times a day and to clean away her excrement in the evening. From theCambridge English Corpus The first foods to be included are usually starchy gruels and pastes, but these must very soon be followed by a wider range of foods including animal and vegetable proteins. From theCambridge English Corpus In many ways the book would have been better as an extended essay, since the thesis - at least as it is presented here - provides thingruelindeed. From theCambridge English Corpus Looking at it, it is pretty thingruel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If the cavemen, or lions, are to be satisfied by thingruelof this sort, they will not be much good as lions or cavemen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There will soon be little left except thingruelfor the taxpayer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Until recently, casuals were not detained beyond the night of admission has been no change in dietary beyond the substitution ofgruelfor tea. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But by this power of veto he could soon get you down to thin soup and watergruel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure its diet is splendidly scientific, but it includes no roughage and it lives on a high proteingruel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But all of this cannot be conjured from the thingruelof financial starvation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 All that is pretty thingruelupon which to feed a debate on those important issues. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sorry to say that that thingruelhas been watered down substantially. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I had already intended to say that this is a debate about thingruelat the top table. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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