〔R144〕
Part of the word suggests an occasion when
people sit down and eat,
but
it is actually not a breakfast, lunch, or dinner with or without meat.
The
same part may also suggest a rough powder made of crushed grain, but it is actually
not flour which some biscuits may contain.
The
whole word, if you want to know, describes a way of doing or making things that
may not satisfy you, because in such a way the whole work is not finished at once
and you do not know when completion is due.
〔译注〕
那个字的一部分提示：人们坐下来吃的时机。
但是它事实上不是早餐、午餐、或晚餐，有或没有肉。
同样一部分也可能提示：压碎谷粒造成的粗粉。
但是它事实上不是有些饼干或许含有的谷粉。
那整个字，如果你想知道的话，形容的是一种做事或造物的方法，那方法你或许不满意。因为用如此的方法整个工作不会一下子完成而你不知道何时完工会到来。
〔提问〕 If the word is not “oatmeal,” what is it, then?
〔謎底〕 p________