meat and potatoes

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The essential part or parts of something. informal,uncountable
    — The complete attacking secrets of Harry Kane would be a slim volume. His game at its best is beautifully simple: high-energy, highly effective meat and potatoes. He just looks very tired.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see meat, and, potatoes. uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Normal, average, typical, unexceptional, or nondescript. informal
    — Rick is very experimental and open-minded about trying new things, but Ted is a meat and potatoes kind of guy.

词形变化

more meat and potatoes comparative most meat and potatoes superlative
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