dinner
n. 晚餐, 正餐, 宴会
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晚餐，晚宴；宴会；正餐
the main meal of the day, eaten in the middle of the day or the evening
What time do you usually have dinner?
你通常什么时候吃饭？
We're having fish for dinner tonight.
我们今天晚饭吃鱼。
What's for dinner?
晚饭吃什么？
释义与例句
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The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
可数 不可数I want to cook dinner.
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An evening meal.
晚饭
晚餐
夜饭
可数 不可数I had some friends to dinner two nights ago.
Do I have to change for dinner?
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A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).
午饭
午餐
昼饭
可数 不可数It was already late for school, so the boy took his time and only arrived in the village when Heidi came home for dinner. […] "Come to the table now and eat with us. Then you can go up with Heidi, and when you bring her back at night, you can get your supper here."
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A meal given to an animal.
可数 不可数Give the dog its dinner.
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A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.
正餐
可数 不可数My family gathers twice a year, namely at Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners.
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The food provided or consumed at any such meal.
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To eat a dinner; to dine.
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To provide (someone) with a dinner; to dine.
及物1887, Caroline Emily Cameron, A Devout Lover, London: F.V. White & Co., Volume 1, Chapter 11, p. 181, She had taken her about to concerts and exhibitions—she had dinnered her at the Colonies, and suppered her at the New Club.
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From Middle English dyner, from Old French disner (“lunch”, but originally “breakfast”), (modern French dîner), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnō, *disiūnāre from Latin dis- + iēiūnō (“to break the fast”).
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