gruel

• 一种稀薄、水状的粥，由燕麦或其他谷物在水中或牛奶中煮成，历史上常与贫乏或清苦的饮食联系在一起。

A thin, watery porridge made by boiling oats or other grains in water or milk, often associated with poor or meager diets in historical contexts.

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1. Thin porridgeB2formal

   A thin, watery porridge made by boiling oats, meal, or other grains in water or milk, often eaten by the poor or as a simple meal.

   稀粥

   • The orphanage served only gruel for breakfast.
   • He ate a bowl of gruel to warm himself on the cold morning.
   • In the novel, the prisoners were fed nothing but watery gruel.

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