n.肉；主要或重要部分

The meat will rot if it isn't kept cool. 肉如果不冷藏就会腐败。

There's not much meat on that bone. 那块骨头上没多少肉。

The meat will scorch if you don't lower the gas. 如果你不把煤气调小一点，肉就要焦了。

It's a clever speech, but there was no real meat in it. 这演说很动听，可是没什么内容。

This chapter contains the meat of the writer's argument. 这一章包含著作者论证的主要部分。

This is the meat of the editorail. 这是社论的中心内容。

meat的基本意思是“肉”,指除了鱼和禽类以外的,所有可以被人类食用的肉类。引申可指“主要或重要部分”。

meat通常不用于复数形式,但meats可指“各种肉类”。

a cut of meat指“一块〔刀〕肉”; a dish of meat指“一盘肉”; a piece of meat指“一片肉”。