| 单词 | dinner |
| 释义 | dinner (once / 54 pages) n Dinner — also called supper — is the third meal of the day. It's the main meal, the one families often try to have together at the end of the day. If you skipped breakfast and lunch, then you probably can't wait for dinner: you must be starving! Dinner has always been the main meal, but it used to be served in the middle of the day and supper was last. Now that dinner is in the evening, too, supper and dinner are almost the same thing in the United States — you might go to a dinner in honor of someone, but not a supper, which wouldn't be as fancy. WORD FAMILYdinner: dinners+/dine: dined, diner, dines, dining, dinner, undine/diner: diners/dining: dinings/undine: undines USAGE EXAMPLESAnd yes, Mark, this annual dinner column is fake news, but please don’t filter it! New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) If years were relatives, 2016 would be the uncle who shows up at your Thanksgiving dinner wearing his underpants on the outside. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) After dinner, they retired to a large rock. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1n the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday dinner will be at 8 on Sundays they had a large dinner when they returned from church Hypo|Hyper high tea substantial early evening meal including tea meal, repast the food served and eaten at one time 2n a party of people assembled to have dinner together guests should never be late to a dinner party Syn|Hypo|Hyper dinner party banquet, feast a ceremonial dinner party for many people beanfeastan annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees gaudy(Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college party a group of people gathered together for pleasure |
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