英语词汇“afternoon tea”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

afternoon tea n. originally and chiefly British (a) tea drunk in the afternoon; (b) a light afternoon meal or social occasion at which tea is served, now typically together with sandwiches, scones, cakes, etc.; cf. cream tea n. at cream n.² Compounds 1b, high tea n. at high adj. and n.² Compounds 4.

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1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xvii. 110 I will go down..and excuse your attendance at afternoon-tea.

a1754 H. Fielding Jrnl. Voy. Lisbon (1755) 104 Our ladies..drank their afternoon tea at an alehouse.

1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate iii I invited them both on the spot to afternoon tea on Saturday.

1921 Spice Mill (N.Y.) June 976/2 The question whether the efficiency of British workers would be impaired were they deprived of their afternoon tea, is one now engaging the attention of some of the leading business concerns in London.

1941 Life 9 June 122/2 He has a curious eccentric habit when drinking his afternoon tea, of balancing his cigaret upright on its unlighted end on the table.

1992 L. Mackley Bk. Afternoon Tea 8/2 Afternoon tea should be a graceful event; an opportunity to display the best china and table linen, and a time for people of all ages to gather together for relaxation and refreshments.

2005 Time Out 7 Dec. 160/4 Proper afternoon tea is served, complete with finger sandwiches, tea loaf, cream cakes, scones and clotted cream.

单词	afternoon tea
释义	> as lemmas afternoon tea afternoon tea n. originally and chiefly British (a) tea drunk in the afternoon; (b) a light afternoon meal or social occasion at which tea is served, now typically together with sandwiches, scones, cakes, etc.; cf. cream tea n. at cream n.² Compounds 1b, high tea n. at high adj. and n.² Compounds 4. ΚΠ 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xvii. 110 I will go down..and excuse your attendance at afternoon-tea. a1754 H. Fielding Jrnl. Voy. Lisbon (1755) 104 Our ladies..drank their afternoon tea at an alehouse. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate iii I invited them both on the spot to afternoon tea on Saturday. 1921 Spice Mill (N.Y.) June 976/2 The question whether the efficiency of British workers would be impaired were they deprived of their afternoon tea, is one now engaging the attention of some of the leading business concerns in London. 1941 Life 9 June 122/2 He has a curious eccentric habit when drinking his afternoon tea, of balancing his cigaret upright on its unlighted end on the table. 1992 L. Mackley Bk. Afternoon Tea 8/2 Afternoon tea should be a graceful event; an opportunity to display the best china and table linen, and a time for people of all ages to gather together for relaxation and refreshments. 2005 Time Out 7 Dec. 160/4 Proper afternoon tea is served, complete with finger sandwiches, tea loaf, cream cakes, scones and clotted cream. extracted from afternoonn.adv.int. < as lemmas
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