late 12c., "meal or flour made of beans, lentils, etc.," from Old French gruel "fine meal" (Modern French gruau), a diminutive form from Frankish *grut or another Germanic source, cognate with Middle Dutch grute "coarse meal, malt;" Middle High German gruz "grain," from PIE *ghreu- "to rub, grind" (see grit (n.)). Meaning "thin porridge or soup" is late 14c.
例文
1. We had gruel for the breakfast.
私たちの朝食はシリアルです。
2.This gruel is too thin.
粥が薄すぎる.
3.If he plays fool，he 'll get his gruel .
彼は愚かなことをすれば、必ず罰を受ける。
4.He was writing his report so attentively that he didn 't know the rice gruel in the pot had boiled over.
彼は一心不乱にレポートを書き、鍋の中のお粥があふれても知らなかった。
5.The potentially tainted gruel reached more than 80 countries.