/mi:l ||; mil/noun [C] the time when you eat or the food that is eaten at that time 进餐时间；一餐；一顿饭: Shall we go out for a meal on Friday? 星期五我们外出吃饭好吗？a heavy/light meal 丰盛的╱清淡的一顿饭 The main meals of the day are breakfast, lunch and dinner. Tea and supper are usually smaller meals (but look at the note at dinner). Something small that you eat between meals is a snack. 每天的主餐有breakfast（早餐）、lunch（午餐）和dinner（晚餐）。tea（下午茶）和supper（晚餐）通常是分量较少的餐（参看dinner的注释）。小吃叫做snack。 a square meal→SQUARE²