severe tea

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A large evening meal, less formal than dinner, typically including various cooked foods served with tea. archaic
    — Heard Lady Mary, as I left her room yesterday, say to her sympathizing maid, "I shall keep a strict fast and take no dinner to-day." Felt pleased, as in general her appetite is sinfully good; but she added, in a tone of mournful reflection: "Tell Mrs. Jobson to send me a severe tea at six, with fried sole, omelette, muffins, poached eggs, scolloped oysters, and several kinds of preserves."

词形变化

severe teas plural
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