| 单词 | continental breakfast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasContinental breakfast 2. spec. Of, on, or belonging to ‘the Continent’, i.e. the mainland of Europe, as distinguished from the British Isles. Continental breakfast, a light breakfast such as is eaten on the Continent, esp. in France; continental quilt = duvet n. 1 Continental Sunday, Sunday observed more as a day of public entertainment (as held to be customary on the continent of Europe) than as a day of rest and religious observance (as in Great Britain); Continental System (Historical), the plan of Napoleon Bonaparte for cutting off Great Britain from all connection, political, commercial, and personal, with the continent of Europe; instituted by the Berlin Decree of 19th November, 1806, which declared the British Islands in a state of blockade, forbad all commerce with them, ordered the arrest of all British subjects on the continent, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > [adjective] > continental Europe European1714 continental1760 the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > specific days > [noun] > Sunday rest dayeOE SundayeOE seventh dayOE worthing dayOE sun's daya1300 day of resta1325 Sabbath-dayc1440 sabbath1509 First-day1649 Sunday sabbath1661 Continental Sunday1856 the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > breakfast or morning meal forme-metea1175 breakfast1463 disjune1491 jentation1599 jenticulation1658 meat breakfast1728 English breakfast1773 déjeuner1787 dejeune1788 fork-breakfast1812 tea-breakfast1825 cooked breakfast1848 chota hazri1863 hunt-breakfast1877 petit déjeuner1879 brekker1889 brekkie1904 Continental breakfast1911 prayer breakfast1930 Oslo breakfast1937 fry1959 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > outer cover > quilt > types of leatherdoom1702 duvet1759 eiderdown1872 futon1875 plumeau1875 crazy quilt1886 puff1894 puffin1959 continental quilt1969 Doona1973 quillow1989 1760 Life & Adventures of Cat 37 I then ventured upon the continental gentlemen. 1793 Ld. Auckland Corr. III. 55 The other continental powers. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned I. vi. 91 That continental tour deemed then so necessary a part of education. 1836 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. V. xlii. 664 The Continental System, based on the project of totally excluding British goods and manufactures from all the European monarchies. 1856 Sat. Rev. 4 Oct. 503/2 To tell a man that he is in favour of a Continental, or of a French Sunday, is a reproach which is sure to carry great weight. 1860 C. M. Yonge Hopes & Fears I. ii. xii. 454 She was glad to have done with Continental Sundays that had left her feeling good for nothing all the week. 1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 86 Other writers, both continental and English. 1911 R. Brooke Let. 12 Apr. (1968) 296 You'll have to give me breakfast—a purely Continental one, I assure you, no eggs. 1932 A. Christie Peril at End House vi. 74 Poirot clung firmly to the Continental breakfast... Consequently he breakfasted in bed upon coffee and rolls. 1964 P. G. Wodehouse Frozen Assets ii. 42 I am not bursting. I am making a light Continental breakfast. 1966 Guardian 29 Mar. 10/2 The Continental Sunday points the way. To church, to the polling station, and to football. 1969 House & Garden Feb. 15/2 (advt.) A Slumberdown is a continental down-filled, light-as-air, toasty-warm quilt. 1970 Cabinet Maker & Retail Furnisher 31 July 169 Continental quilt or duvet? Call it what you will, this is a market with potential. 1971 Guardian 3 May 9/5 The cult of the Duvet is undoubtedly spreading even if there are those who find continental quilts..too..hot. 1982 S. Townsend Secret Diary Adrian Mole 64 Black walls and a white carpet and a racing car continental quilt. < as lemmas |
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