dinner的中文

时间: 2024-11-09 05:46:04

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dinner
/ 5dinE /

◙ noun
1. the main meal of the day, taken either around midday or in the evening
• （中午或晚上吃的）正餐，主餐
a formal evening meal, typically one in honour of a person or event
• （多指为某人或某事举办的）晚宴

【IDIOMS】

◘ done like (a) dinner
1. [Austral. & Canadian informal] utterly defeated or outwitted
• [澳，加，非正式] 被彻底打败（或骗过）
»I had the fishing inspector wanting to see my licence — I was done like a dinner.
我碰到了要看我执照的捕鱼检察官——我玩完了。
◘ more — than someone has had hot dinners
1. [Brit. informal] used to emphasize someone's wide experience of a specified activity or phenomenon
• [英，非正式] ［用来强调某人对特定活动（或现象的）广泛经验］
»he's seen more battles than you've had hot dinners.
他经历过的战争比你过的桥还要多。

【语源】

1. Middle English: from Old French disner (infinitive used as a noun: see dine)