mealtime

FREQ #49767

n. 进餐时间

发音

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词形变化

mealtimes 复数 mealtimes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The appointed time at which a meal is served or eaten.

    进餐时间

    可数 不可数

    My youngest son has a special cry for mealtimes.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

hour time of day

下位词 4

lunchtime dinnertime suppertime breakfast-time

词源

From Middle English meeltime, from Old English mǣltīma (“mealtime”), equivalent to meal + time. Compare mealtide, Old English mǣltīd (“mealtime”), Dutch maaltijd (“meal”), German Mahlzeit (“meal, mealtime”), Danish måltid (“meal, mealtime”), Icelandic máltíð (“meal”), Icelandic matmálstími (“mealtime”).

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