porridge
porridgenoun[mass noun]- a dish consisting of oatmeal or another meal or cereal boiled in water or milk
麦片粥;粥
- (Brit. informal)time spent in prison
(英,非正式)关押期,监禁期
I'm sweating it out doing porridge.
我咬牙挺过监禁期。
派生porridgyadjective语源- mid 16th cent. (denoting soup thickened with barley): alteration of pottage. Sense 2 dates from the 1950s
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