记忆方法
将“gruel”想象成一种古老而简单的食物，比如一种糊状或者粥状的食物，它的形象可以是粗糙而稠密，就像是通过长时间的炖煮得到的，因此与“grind”（碾碎）或“groan”（呻吟）这样的动作或声音相似，帮助记忆其含义为“粥”或“糊状物”。
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词族 · gruel
词形变化
中文词源
gruel 旧时穷人吃的稀粥
来自PIE*ghreu, 刮，磨，词源同grit, grind. 指磨的粗谷物，糙粥。
英语词源
- gruel (n.)
- late 12c., "meal or flour made of beans, lentils, etc.," from Old French gruel "fine meal" (Modern French gruau), a diminutive form from Frankish *grut or another Germanic source, cognate with Middle Dutch grute "coarse meal, malt;" Middle High German gruz "grain," from PIE *ghreu- "to rub, grind" (see grit (n.)). Meaning "thin porridge or soup" is late 14c.
权威例句
- 1. We had gruel for the breakfast.
- 我们早餐吃的是麦片粥.
- 2. This gruel is too thin.
- 粥太稀了.
- 3. If he plays fool, he'll get his gruel.
- 他如果干蠢事, 就一定会受到惩罚.
- 4. He was writing his report so attentively that he didn't know the rice gruel in the pot had boiled over.
- 他聚精会神地写报告,连锅里的稀饭煮溢了也不知道.
- 5. The potentially tainted gruel reached more than 80 countries.
- 潜在的感染惩罚播及到多达80多个国家.