lunch英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day. countable,uncountable

— We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner.
A break in play between the first and second sessions. countable,uncountable
Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering. US,countable,uncountable

— After the funeral there was a lunch for those who didn't go to the cemetery.
A thin piece or hunk (of bread, meat, etc.) countable,obsolete,uncountable

动词 v.

To eat lunch. intransitive

— I like to lunch in Italian restaurants.
To treat to lunch. transitive

— We dined him, we lunched him, we were photographed in his company by flashlight.

词形变化

lunches plural lunches present,singular,third-person lunching participle,present lunched participle,past lunched past

词汇关系

衍生词

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词源

词源 1

Recorded since 1580 in the sense “piece, hunk”. The word luncheon with the same meaning is presumably an extension on the pattern of puncheon (“cask”) and truncheon (“cudgel”). But earliest found forms of luncheon include lunshin and lunching, which are equivalent to lunch + -ing, with the suffix -ing possibly later modified to imitate a French origin.
In contrast, the more common sense “light meal” is first attested for luncheon in 1652 and for lunch in 1829, so in this sense the latter is probably a shortening of the former.
Lunch is possibly a derivative of lump (as hunch is from hump. See hunch for more), or represents an alteration of nuncheon, from Middle English nonechenche (“light midday meal”) (see nuncheon) and altered by northern English dialect lunch (“hunk of bread or cheese”) (1590), which perhaps is from lump or from Spanish lonja (“a slice”, literally “loin”).

词源 2

Recorded since 1580 in the sense “piece, hunk”. The word luncheon with the same meaning is presumably an extension on the pattern of puncheon (“cask”) and truncheon (“cudgel”). But earliest found forms of luncheon include lunshin and lunching, which are equivalent to lunch + -ing, with the suffix -ing possibly later modified to imitate a French origin.
In contrast, the more common sense “light meal” is first attested for luncheon in 1652 and for lunch in 1829, so in this sense the latter is probably a shortening of the former.
Lunch is possibly a derivative of lump (as hunch is from hump. See hunch for more), or represents an alteration of nuncheon, from Middle English nonechenche (“light midday meal”) (see nuncheon) and altered by northern English dialect lunch (“hunk of bread or cheese”) (1590), which perhaps is from lump or from Spanish lonja (“a slice”, literally “loin”).