plural dinners
plural dinners
Learner's definition of DINNER
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: the main meal of the day正餐;主餐 [count]
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What's for dinner?正餐吃什么?
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They had dinner early.他们吃饭早。
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We're planning to ask them to dinner soon.我们打算一会儿请他们来吃饭。
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Dinner is served. [=dinner is ready; it's time to come to the table for dinner]饭准备好了。
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dinner guests用餐的客人们
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dinner rolls正餐小圆面包
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an enjoyable dinner companion令人愉快的用餐伙伴
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My new boyfriend and I had a dinner date [=a date to eat dinner together] last night.昨晚我和我的新男友约会吃饭了。
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She hosted a dinner party [=a party at which dinner is served] at her apartment.她在自己的公寓里举行了宴会。
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the dinner table [=the table where people eat dinner]餐桌
◊ To go out to dinner is to have dinner at a restaurant.外出用餐;下馆子
Usage用法Most Americans have dinner in the evening, although if the main meal of the day is served in the afternoon it is also referred to as dinner. When referring to the evening meal, dinner and supper are basically synonyms in U.S. English. Dinner is a somewhat more formal word than supper and it tends to describe a somewhat more formal meal.大多数美国人用dinner表示晚餐,尽管有时也把下午吃的正餐称作dinner。在美国英语中,dinner和supper表示晚餐时,基本上是同义词。 dinner比supper用法更为正式,多指更为正式的用餐。
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[count] : a usually large formal event at which dinner is eaten宴会 -
Two hundred people attended his retirement dinner.两百人参加了他的退休宴。
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the club's annual dinner [=banquet]俱乐部的年度宴会
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an awards dinner [=a dinner at which awards are given]颁奖宴会
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[count] : a cooked and packaged meal that usually only needs to be heated before it is eaten速食饭;方便饭 — see also tv dinner