undermeal

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of undern: originally terce and the morning, later (UK, dialectal, obsolete) noon and the early afternoon. obsolete
    — By the time—he hath din'd at a taverne, and slept his undermeals at a bawdy-house, his purse is [empty].
  2. Synonym of siesta: an afternoon nap. obsolete
    — In a narrower limit than the forty years' undermeal of the seven sleepers.
  3. An afternoon meal or snack. obsolete
    — Another great supper, or undermeal, was made ready for them, coming home from ditching and plowing.

词形变化

undermeals plural

词汇关系

近义词
noon terce

词源

From Middle English undermele, undermel (“the early part of the afternoon, midday, noon; an afternoon meal or nap”), from Old English undernmǣl (“morning, morning time; morning meal”), equivalent to undern + meal. Compare the word for midday and the word undern.
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