gruel
gruel — 名詞
1. a thin, sloppy dish of oats softened by long cooking — traditionally a survival
稀粥；麥糊
用燕麥煮成的稀薄食物，舊時窮人常食
a thin, sloppy dish of oats softened by long cooking — traditionally a survival food when little else was available — for example, the runny oat soup served to children in Victorian orphanages
Each morning the orphans were given a small bowl of warm gruel and dry bread.
每天早上，孤兒們會得到一小碗溫熱的稀粥和一塊乾麵包。
collocation: a bowl of gruel
Hassan stirred the pot of gruel so the oats would not stick to the bottom.
Hassan 慢慢地攪拌那鍋稀粥，免得燕麥黏在鍋底。
The prisoners had nothing to eat for days except thin gruel and stale bread.
囚犯們連著好幾天除了稀薄的麥糊和不新鮮的麵包之外，什麼都沒得吃。
collocation: thin gruel (typical modifier)
Adina remembered her grandmother cooking gruel over the fire during the cold winter months.
Adina 記得在寒冷的冬天裡，奶奶會在火上煮稀粥。
The novel describes how the children begged for more gruel after finishing their tiny portions.
這本小說描寫孩子們吃完那一小份稀粥之後，又開口要更多。
literary context: classic Dickensian use
- thin gruel
- watery gruel
- a bowl of gruel
- a pot of gruel
- served gruel
文法句型
a bowl of gruel
thin gruel
用法筆記
Uncountable in normal use; quantified with 'a bowl of', 'a pot of', or modified by 'thin' / 'watery'. Strongly associated with historical poverty or institutional settings (workhouses, prisons, orphanages), so most modern uses are literary or describe past hardship.
常見錯誤
同根字
- gruelling形容詞C1
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- bowl of gruel
- pot of gruel
- spoon of gruel
常用片語
- thin gruel
- watery gruel
- live on gruel
- serve gruel
介系詞搭配
- of gruel
- on gruel