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発音

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹuː(ə)l/
• Rhymes: -ʊəl

名詞

gruel (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 gruels)

1. A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill.

   Coordinate terms: congee, oatmeal, porridge

2. punishment
3. something that lacks substance

   thin gruel

4. (slang, US, obsolete) sentimental poetry
5. (slang, Britain) semen

派生語

• give someone his gruel
• get one's gruel (receive one's punishment; obsolete)
• water gruel

関連する語

• groat, groats
• grit, grits
• grout

語源 2

From the noun above.

動詞

gruel (三人称単数 現在形 gruels, 現在分詞 gruelling または grueling, 過去形および過去分詞形 gruelled または grueled)

1. (transitive) To exhaust, use up, disable
2. (transitive) to punish (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (slang, Britain) ejaculate

派生語

• gruelling

参照

アナグラム

• Luger, gluer, luger