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.
雙語例句
1. We had gruel for the breakfast.
我們早餐吃的是麥片粥.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. This gruel is too thin.
粥太稀了.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. If he plays fool, he'll get his gruel.
他如果干蠢事, 就一定會受到懲罰.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
4. He was writing his report so attentively that he didn't know the rice gruel in the pot had boiled over.
他聚精會神地寫報告,連鍋里的稀飯煮溢了也不知道.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. The potentially tainted gruel reached more than 80 countries.