tiffin

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɪf.ɪn/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A (light) midday meal or snack; luncheon. India,UK,countable,uncountable
    — He took his tiffin from home and ate the food two hours later in school.
  2. A box or container used to carry a tiffin. India,UK,countable,uncountable
    — "Young memsahib, an empty tiffin box costs ten rupees in the market. With the food, it's worth maybe fifteen rupees. Do you think I could retire after I steal it?" the man said. “I'm getting late. Do you want your husband to get his lunch or not? That last one's for him, isn't it?" He jerked his chin at the tiffin Anahita was still hugging.
  3. A cake-like confection composed of crushed biscuits, sugar, syrup, raisins, cherries and cocoa powder, often covered with a layer of melted chocolate. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To eat a (light) midday meal or snack. India,UK,intransitive
    — Do you know that he tiffins with her three times a week, and every night, after leaving here, he finishes the evening in her society, sitting in the veranda and smoking cigarettes till all hours.

词形变化

tiffins plural tiffins present,singular,third-person tiffining participle,present tiffined participle,past tiffined past

词源

词源 1
Apparently from English tiffing, present participle of tiff (“to take a small drink, to sip”) (slang).
词源 2
Apparently from English tiffing, present participle of tiff (“to take a small drink, to sip”) (slang).
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