gruel [ˈɡruəl]

例句:

• We had gruel for the breakfast.
  我们早餐吃的是麦片粥.
  
• This gruel is too thin.
  粥太稀了.
  
• If he plays fool, he'll get his gruel.
  他如果干蠢事, 就一定会受到惩罚.
  
• Make the gruel thick and slab.
  来自Macbeth,Shakespeare
• The images reminded his parents of orphans begging for gruel in Oliver Twist.
  来自WSJ
• Nubians both ate the fermented grains as gruel and used it to make beer.
  来自MSN