ration
US: /ˈɹæʃən/, /ˈɹeɪʃən/
UK: /ɹˈæʃən/
UK: /ɹˈæʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
ration /'ræʃn/
- danh từ
- khẩu phần
- (số nhiều) lương thực, thực phẩm
- to be on short rations: thiếu lương thực thực phẩm
- ration coupon: phiếu lương thực, phiếu thực phẩm
- ngoại động từ
- hạn chế (lương thực, vải...); hạn chế lương thực (của ai))
- rice, meat, sugar and cotton cloth are rationed in difficult times: gạo, thịt, đường và vải thường bị hạn chế trong thời kỳ khó khăn
- chia khẩu phần
- hạn chế (lương thực, vải...); hạn chế lương thực (của ai))
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C] a fixed amount of food, fuel, etc. that you are officially allowed to have when there is not enough for everyone to have as much as they want, for example during a war: the weekly butter ration + a ration book / card / coupon (= allowing you to claim your ration of sth)
2 (rations) [pl.] a fixed amount of food given regularly to a soldier or to sb who is in a place where there is not much food available: We're on short rations (= allowed less than usual) until fresh supplies arrive. + Once these latest rations run out, the country will again face hunger and starvation.
3 [sing.] ~ (of sth) an amount of sth that is thought to be normal or fair: As part of the diet, allow yourself a small daily ration of sugar. + I've had my ration of problems for one day-you deal with it!
+ verb [VN] [often passive] ~ sb/sth (to sth) to limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have, especially because there is not enough of it available: Eggs were rationed during the war. + The villagers are rationed to two litres of water a day.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 share, quota, allotment, portion, helping, part, provision, measure, dole, percentage, amount:
Each person is permitted a weekly fixed ration of butter, sugar, coffee, meat, etc. We shall have to go on short rations till we are rescued.
2 rations. supplies, provisions, food, provender, victuals, viands, eatables, edibles, comestibles, Brit commons:
It was not till the third week with our rations running low that we really began to worry.
v.
3 Often, ration out. allot, apportion, dole (out), give out, distribute, deal out, mete out, parcel out, measure out, hand out:
As water was in short supply, we had to ration it. One cup was rationed out to each of us every morning
4 budget, schedule, restrict, control, limit:
Water had to be rationed to one cup a day for each of us.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
daily, monthly | double, entire, extra, full
Pregnant women received a double ration of milk.
| meagre
The refugees queued up for their meagre rations of soup.
| emergency, short, starvation, wartime ~s
We've been put on short rations.
| cigarette, food, petrol, etc.
VERB + RATION
give sb, hand out, provide (sb with) | get, receive | consume, have, use up
You've had your ration of sweets for the day!
| cut, reduce
The guards are going to cut our rations again.
RATION + NOUN
book, card, coupon
PREP.
on a/the ~
living on starvation rations
| ~ of
our daily ration of bread
ADV.
strictly
These foods had to be strictly rationed.
PREP.
to
The soldiers were rationed to one litre of water each per day.
Concise English dictionary
rationes|rations|rationed|rationing'reɪʃn /'ræʃn
noun
+the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel)
+a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)
verb
+restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war
+distribute in rations, as in the army
