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单词 dining time
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dining timen.

Brit. /ˈdʌɪnɪŋ tʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈdaɪnɪŋ ˌtaɪm/
Forms: see dining n. and time n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dining n., time n.
Etymology: < dining n. + time n. Compare earlier dinner time n.
The time at which dinner is eaten, customarily either around midday or in the evening; the period of time set aside for eating dinner; = dinner time n.
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dinner time1370
dining timea1450
dinner hour1598
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xii. l. 391 In the Ost It was dyneng tyme, Fore it was ny noon, And passed þe pryme.
1573 T. Bedingfield tr. G. Cardano Comforte iii. sig. Iviv In dyning time, they common of pleasaunt matters, and tell what hope hee hathe of tyme to come.
1679 T. Shadwell True Widow i. 6 Let's take the air and while away a dineing time.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xxxi. 215 It will be a mournful dining-time, on that account.
1784 J. Cullum Hist. & Antiq. Hawsted in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. 23. iii. 96 I have translated, ad nonam, at 9 o'clock, which was probably the dining-time of these poor labourers.
1849 C. Grant Anglo-Indian Domest. Sketch 143 With less fashionable people, however, all hours between 2 and 6 o'clock, just as business or duties permit, are the more usual dining times.
1933 Daily Mail 27 Mar. 13/6 This pleasant survey of the art and science of pleasant dining times.
2008 Times 29 Mar. 14/1 You can still opt to be formally attired and choose a fixed dining time on some ships.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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