（尤指发给作战士兵的）口粮配给，口粮定量
the total amount of food that is given to someone to be eaten during a particular activity and in a particular period of time, especially an amount given to soldiers when they are fighting
Rations were frequently allocated in public to ensure fairness.
Officers were often able to buy their own supplies and thus supplement their rations.
We had to make our rations last.
We lived on rations for years during the war.
These people need emergency rations to survive.
Our rations while we were on deployment were disgusting.
See also: ration noun