| 释义 |
meal /miːl/► SEE ALLmake a meal of/out of stha meal ticketa square meal
●make a ˈmeal of/out of sth (informal) do sth with more effort and care than it really needs; treat sth as more serious than it really is 小题大做；对待某事过于认真◆Just write her a short note — don’t make a meal of it.
给她写个便条就行了，不要小题大做。◆It’s only a small mistake. There’s no need to make such a meal out of it, is there?
这只是个小错误，完全没有必要较真，你说呢？ OPP make nothing of sth (1) ●a ˈmeal ticket (informal) a person or thing that you see only as a source of money and food 提供金钱和食物的人（或物）◆He suspected that he was just a meal ticket for her.
他怀疑自己只是她的一张饭票而已。◆I hoped the guitar would become my meal ticket.
我希望吉他能成为我谋生的饭票。●a square ˈmeala large and satisfying meal 饱餐；丰盛的一餐◆The children get three square meals a day.孩子们一天吃三顿饱饭。 |