1. U C 肉　 flesh of animals, especially mammals rather than fish or birds, used as food
2. U 主要或重要部分　 chief or important part

　bite ～　咬肉
　broil ～　烤肉
　buy ～　买肉
　can ～　把肉做成罐头
　chew ～　嚼肉
　cook ～　炖肉
　cure ～　保藏肉
　cut ～　切肉
　dress ～　处理肉，给肉加上作料
　eat ～　吃肉
　freeze the ～　把肉冷冻起来
　fry ～　炸肉
　heat up cold ～　把冷肉热一热
　make ～ of sb　杀死某人
　sell ～　卖肉
　steam ～　蒸肉
　boiled ～　煮熟的肉
　canned ～　听装肉
　chilled ～　冷藏肉
　diced ～　肉丁
　fat ～　肥肉
　fresh ～　新鲜肉
　cheap ～　便宜的肉
　delicious ～　好吃的肉，美味的肉
　expensive ～　贵肉，高价肉
　lean ～　瘦肉
　preserved ～　腌肉
　raw ～　生肉
　red ～　红肉
　salt ～　咸肉
　salted ～　腌制的肉
　white ～　白肉
　horse ～　马肉
　snake ～　蛇肉
　soup ～　做汤的肉
　～ pie　肉馅饼
　a cut of ～　一块〔刀〕肉
　a dish of ～　一盘肉
　a piece of ～　一片肉
　full of ～　内容丰富

　Retail meat prices are likely to be higher soon.　肉类零售价格可能很快要上涨。
　The butcher weighed the meat on the scales.　肉铺掌柜用盘秤称肉。
　His religion forbids the eating of meat.　他信仰的宗教禁止食肉。
　Shall we have fish instead of meat today?　今天我们不吃肉吃鱼好吗?
　We need a balanced diet, not just meat.　我们需要均衡饮食，不仅仅是肉。
　This meat is not very fresh.　这肉不太新鲜。
　This meat is tough enough for my son.　我儿子咬不动这块肉。
　To make tough meat tender enough to eat, you must cook it for a long time.　要使老的肉做得嚼得动，你必须烧得时间长些。
　Lean meat is healthier for you than fatty meat.　瘦肉比肥肉更有益于健康。
　The smell of the rotten meat was enough!　这腐臭的肉闻一下就够人受的了！
　There's not much meat on that bone.　那块骨头上没有多少肉。
　There are meats and pickles.　有各种肉类和各种泡菜。
　I'd like a cut of meat.　我要买块肉。
　The dog was biting a piece of meat.　那只狗叼着一片肉。
　This chapter contains the meat of the writer's argument.　这一章包含着作者论证的主要部分。

 ♣ meat and drink to
　快乐的源泉，生活的目的　source of great enjoyment to sb; what sb lives for
　The weekly letters from his son are meat and drink to the old man.　儿子每周的来信对这位老人来说是极大的快慰。

 ♣ meat, flesh
　参见flesh条。
 ♣ meat, pork
　参见pork条。

　肉食是营养品。
　［误］ A meat is nourishing.
　［误］ Meats are nourishing.
　［正］ Meat is nourishing.
　［析］ meat作为肉食的统称时为不可数名词，因此不能用a，也没有复数。

　［同义词］ flesh
　［词源］　古英语mete（膳食）