gruel的意思

基本释义

• vt 使极度疲劳；累垮
• n 稀粥

  a food made of oats cooked in water or milk, which poor people ate in the past

例句

1. This gruel is too thin.

   粥太稀了。

2. Mrs. March gave the mother tea and gruel , and comforted her with promises of help, while she dressed the little baby as tenderly as if it had been her own.

   马奇太太一边为做母亲的端茶递粥，一边安慰她，让她宽心，又像对待自己的亲生骨肉一样轻柔地为小宝宝穿上衣服。

3. The food was very simple-teachers ate millet gruel three times a day.

   吃的食物非常简单，老师一天三顿喝小米稀粥。

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