lunch
noun[CorU]
uk/lʌntʃ/us/lʌntʃ/A1
amealthat iseatenin themiddleof theday:
午餐,午饭What's for lunch?午饭吃什么?
UKWe had apublunch.我们在酒馆吃的午饭。
I'msorry, Joanna isn't here at themoment, she's(gone) out to/gone tolunch.对不起,乔安娜现在不在,她吃午饭去了。
We mustdolunchsometime(= have lunch together).哪天我们一定得一起吃个午饭。
Compare
dinner
- Why don't we have lunch together onFriday?
- Hemanagedtoeatabiglunchdespitehavingeatenanenormousbreakfast.
- Shall Iheatup somesoupfor lunch?
- Weenjoyedaleisurelypicniclunch on thelawn.
- Westoppedat aroadsidecaféfor lunch.
Meals & parts of meals
- accompaniment
- afternoon tea
- afters
- amuse-bouche
- antipasto
- dinner time
- elevenses
- English breakfast
- feast
- feeding
- picnic
- picnicker
- plate meal
- ploughman's lunch
- postprandial
- tea
- tea party
- teatime
- tiffin
- TV dinner
Idiom
be out to lunch
lunch
verb[I]
uk/lʌntʃ/us/lʌntʃ/toeatlunch:
吃午饭,吃午餐I'm lunchingwithGiles.我在和贾尔斯吃午饭。
Meals & parts of meals
- accompaniment
- afternoon tea
- afters
- amuse-bouche
- antipasto
- dinner time
- elevenses
- English breakfast
- feast
- feeding
- picnic
- picnicker
- plate meal
- ploughman's lunch
- postprandial
- tea
- tea party
- teatime
- tiffin
- TV dinner
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