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gruel

/groo-uhl/US // ˈgru əl //UK // (ˈɡruːəl) //

稀饭,粥,粥类,稀粥

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.

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Examples

  • That’s pretty thin gruel, especially because Youngkin was not involved in the original investment and there is no evidence he played any role in managing it.

  • A great side-benefit to the gruel of writing fiction is the fleeting moments of wish fulfillment the empty page provides.

  • There were no lines even around the stalls serving up free buckwheat and pork gruel.

  • Bottle propping and speed-feeding gruel causes them to choke and aspirate their food—sometimes causing pneumonia and death.

  • Busch then added, “If he is so indigent, who pays you Mr. Gruel?”

  • “He is not dangerous to the community,” Gruel said in an interview with the Daily Beast.

  • He laid himself down again, and she reached him the gruel, which proved a great relief to his parched and fevered throat.

  • Quietly he turned to the stove, red-hot now, and with snow water began the making of gruel from the supplies on the shelf.

  • As for Halyard, he was unspeakable, bundled up in his snuffy shawls, and making uncouth noises over his gruel.

  • Thin gruel, in teaspoonful doses, once in half an hour, is best.

  • Give the “Chinks” time to lick their wounds and swallow their gruel and they would be right as pie.