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.
双语例句
1. We had gruel for the breakfast.
我们早餐吃的是麦片粥.
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2. This gruel is too thin.
粥太稀了.
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3. If he plays fool, he'll get his gruel.
他如果干蠢事, 就一定会受到惩罚.
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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.
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5. The potentially tainted gruel reached more than 80 countries.