meat
noun uk/miːt/ us/miːt/
(FOOD)
A1 [ U ]（可食用的）肉
the flesh of an animal when it is used for food
I don't eat meat. 我不吃肉。
raw meat 生肉
red/white meat 红／白肉
[ C ]（某一种）食用肉
a type of meat
a buffet of cold meats and cheeses 冷盘肉及奶酪自助餐
- More examples
- The meat produced from a pig is called pork, bacon, or ham.
- The crisis has led to price rises in basic foodstuffs, such as meat, cheese, and sugar.
- Fry the meat quickly in hot oil to seal in the flavour/juices.
- In Britain, the traditional Sunday lunch consists of roast meat, potatoes and other vegetables.
- I haven't had time to cook, so we're just having cold meat and salad.
(INTEREST)
[ U ]要点，实质;令人感兴趣的内容
important, valuable, or interesting ideas or information
It was a nicely written article and quite amusing but there wasn't much meat to it. 这是篇文笔优美又很有趣的文章，但没什么实质内容。
Idioms
be meat and drink to someoneidiom 对（某人）来说是乐趣
If a difficult or unpleasant activity is meat and drink to someone, they enjoy doing it very much and find it easy.
meat and potatoesidiom US…最重要的部分；…最基本的部分
the most important or basic parts of something
Teachers have a lot to do, but time spent in the classroom is the meat and potatoes of the profession. 老师们有许多事情要做，但是，把时间花在课堂上是其职业的最重要部分。
meat and two vegidiom UK （英国传统餐食）煮肉配两种蔬菜
a traditional British meal of cooked, hot meat with two types of vegetables
one man's meat is another man's poisonidiom saying 萝卜青菜各有所好。
said to emphasize that people like different things