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肉,肉食,食物;实质,内容

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Meat \Meat\, n. [OE. mete, AS. mete; akin to OS. mat, meti, D.
   met hashed meat, G. mettwurst sausage, OHG. maz food, Icel.
   matr, Sw. mat, Dan. mad, Goth. mats. Cf. {Mast} fruit,
   {Mush}.]
   1. Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either
      by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as,
      the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg. --Chaucer.

            And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb
            bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat.
                                                  --Gen. i. 29.

            Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for
            you.                                  --Gen. ix. 3.

   2. The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle;
      as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.

   3. Specifically, dinner; the chief meal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   {Meat biscuit}. See under {Biscuit}.

   {Meat earth} (Mining), vegetable mold. --Raymond.

   {Meat fly}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Flesh fly}, under {Flesh}.

   {Meat offering} (Script.), an offering of food, esp. of a
      cake made of flour with salt and oil.

   {To go to meat}, to go to a meal. [Obs.]

   {To sit at meat}, to sit at the table in taking food.

Meat \Meat\, v. t.
   To supply with food. [Obs.] --Tusser.

         His shield well lined, his horses meated well.
                                                  --Chapman.

资料来源 : WordNet®

meat
     n 1: the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails)
          used as food
     2: the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut
        or fruit stone; "black walnut kernels are difficult to get
        out of the shell" [syn: {kernel}]
     3: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some
        idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's
        argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party";
        "the nub of the story" [syn: {kernel}, {substance}, {core},
         {center}, {essence}, {gist}, {heart}, {heart and soul}, {inwardness},
         {marrow}, {nub}, {pith}, {sum}, {nitty-gritty}]
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