dinner

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɪnə/    美 /ˈdɪnɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening. countable,uncountable
    — I had an early dinner because the breakfast in this hostel is superb.
  2. An evening meal. countable,uncountable
    — I had some friends to dinner two nights ago.
  3. A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea). countable,uncountable
    — At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come out. They[…]eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkley, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly[…]on the floor.
  4. A meal given to an animal. countable,uncountable
    — Give the dog its dinner.
  5. A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion. countable,uncountable
    — My family gathers twice a year, namely at Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners.
  6. The food provided or consumed at any such meal. uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To eat a dinner; to dine. intransitive
    — Once I was geared up, I joined him on the wide, flat seat of the sled which was loaded up with hot food for the jacks who were dinnering out since they worked a forty far from the camp.
  2. To provide (someone) with a dinner; to dine. transitive
    — 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.

词形变化

dinners plural dinners present,singular,third-person dinnering participle,present dinnered participle,past dinnered past

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
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”).
词源 2
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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