| 释义 |
ˈdinner-time
The usual time of dining; the time occupied by, or allowed for, dinner.
1371in Britton Cathedrals, York (1819) 80 Swa yt yai sall noghte dwell fra yair werk in y⊇ forsayde loge na tyme of y⊇ yer in dyner tyme. 1596Shakes. Merch. V. i. i. 105 We will leaue you then till dinner time. a1627Middleton, etc., Changeling (N.), Dinner time? thou meanst twelve o'clock. 1710Tatler No. 258 ⁋2 We were disturbed all Dinner-Time by the Noise of the Children. 1869Trollope He Knew vi. (1878) 28 Before dinner-time a reconcilation had been effected. |