dinner

英 ['dɪnə(r)] 美 ['dɪnər]

• n. 晚餐；晚宴；主餐

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C][U]正餐,主餐

   main meal of the day

2. [C]宴会

   formal social gathering at which this meal is eaten

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 正餐
2. 宴会
3. 晚餐
4. 晚宴
5. 午宴
6. 午饭
7. 筵席
8. 赴宴
9. 款待
10. 晚饭
11. 主餐

英英释义

Noun:

1. 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"
   

2. a party of people assembled to have dinner together;

   "guests should never be late to a dinner party"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. It's time for dinner.
   该吃晚饭了。
2. It is now his turn to set me up to a nice dinner.
   现在轮到他请我吃一顿丰盛的晚餐了。
3. We invite her to have Thanksgiving dinner with us.
   我们邀请她和我们一起吃感恩节晚餐。
4. Because my husband has gone to a stag dinner, I have to stay at home alone.
   因为我丈夫去参加一个只许男人参加的宴会，我只好独自待在家里。
5. Tell the guests not to dress for dinner.
   告诉客人们晚宴不要穿得太正式。
6. Almost an hour has passed since the dinner started.
   晚宴已进行了将近一个小时。
7. This is a celebrity fundraising dinner.
   这是一次社会名流筹措资金的晚宴。
8. They're at dinner.
   他们正在用餐。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Dinner is usually at 8 p.m. in England.
   在英格兰一般晚上8点吃晚餐。
2. Don't watch TV while you're taking dinner.
   当你吃晚饭的时候,不要看电视。
3. You timed your arrival well, we were just going to have dinner.
   你们到达的时间安排得很好,我们正要开饭。
4. I haven't had dinner yet.
   我还没有吃晚饭呢。
5. We usually have dinner at six.
   我们通常在6点钟吃晚饭。
6. He ate a big dinner.
   他吃了顿大餐。
7. Her mother served me a very good dinner.
   她母亲招待我吃了很丰盛的正餐。
8. He accepted going to a dinner with us.
   他接受了与我们吃正餐的邀请。
9. He was accompanied to a dinner by his friend.
   他由朋友陪同去吃饭。
10. He took her into a dinner.
    他带她进去吃饭。
11. The dinner was completely spoiled.
    这顿饭完全给破坏了。
12. The dinner set me back 50 yuan .
    晚饭花了我50元。
13. She will have a speech with me after dinner.
    饭后她要与我谈话。
14. We all washed up after dinner.
    午饭后我们大家一块儿收拾餐具。
15. He ate every savoury morsel of a delectable stew at the dinner.
    晚餐时他吃遍每一道味美可口的炖食。
16. She persisted in reading the newspaper at the dinner.
    她非要边吃晚餐边看报纸不可。
17. Please prepare the table for dinner.
    请摆好桌子准备吃饭。
18. A telephone let him leave the home in the middle of dinner.
    饭吃了一半时,一个电话叫他出门了。
19. He ate every bit of his dinner.
    他把晚餐吃得精光。
20. I have a fancy for some wine with my dinner.
    我喜欢在用餐时喝点酒。
21. He had missed four dinners in succession.
    他一连误了四次晚饭。
22. The children have to pay for their school dinners.
    孩子们在学校吃午饭得付钱。
23. The Parent-Teacher Association dinner will take place tomorrow at 8 o'clock.
    家长教师协会将于明天8时举行宴会。
24. The dinner and speeches occupied more than three hours.
    宴会和演讲占了三个多小时。
25. We invited our new neighbours to dinner as a gesture of friendship.
    我们请新邻居吃饭以示友好。
26. She offered to treat them to dinner.
    她提出要请他们吃饭。
27. Did you take his invitation to dinner?
    他请你吃饭,你去了没有?
28. Will you let me know if you can't come to dinner?
    要是你不能来吃饭,请告诉我好吗?
29. He showed me kindness in the shape of an invitation to dinner.
    他请我吃饭以示友好。
30. I shall not ask him to dinner again in a hurry.
    我不愿再请他吃饭。
31. He is the host at the dinner.
    他是宴会的主人。
32. At the testimonial dinner everyone flattered him shamelessly.
    在纪念筵席上大家都厚颜无耻地奉承他。
33. At the dinner, we all raised our glasses to the eighty-year-old man, wishing him a happy birthday.
    席间,我们频频举杯,祝贺这位老人80寿辰。
34. I met with an old friend at a dinner party.
    我在一次宴会上偶然遇到一位老朋友。
35. I was fortunate enough to meet Mary at dinner.
    我真有幸在宴会上结识了玛丽。
36. Are you wearing a black or white tie at the dinner?
    宴会上你是系黑领带还是白领带?
37. He dressed for dinner.
    他身着礼服赴宴会去了。
38. Dinner is at eight so they all went to dress for dinner.
    宴会8点钟开始,他们都穿晚礼服去。
39. She powdered her face before going to dinner.
    她去参加晚宴前往脸上擦了粉。
40. They often give dinners in honor of their guests.
    他们经常为客人举行宴会。
41. The firm is giving a dinner in honour of her retirement.
    公司为她摆退休晚宴。
42. The firm is holding an important dinner.
    这家公司举行了一次重要的晚餐聚会。
43. She came in to announce dinner.
    她走进来通知开宴。
44. Dinner is on the table.
    晚餐就在桌上。
45. I didn't reckon with having to cook dinner for twenty unexpected guests.
    我没考虑到必须要为20名不速之客做饭。
46. John was really hungry and ate much dinner.
    约翰真的很饿,他吃了许多菜。
47. It's a pretty state of affairs when I come home from work and you haven't even cooked my dinner!
    我下班回家,你甚至还没有做好晚饭,多妙的情况啊!
48. I've cooked a nice dinner for you.
    我给你做了顿可口的饭菜。
49. We had quite a good dinner.
    我们吃了一次相当丰盛的晚餐。

经典引文

• Sunday dinner was a joint, two veg. and pudding affair, far superior to our weekday lunches or evening meals.

  出自： Day Lewis

• Speeches made by my uncle at charitable dinners.

  出自： G. B. Shaw

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• ask sb to dinner 请某人吃饭
• attend a dinner 出席宴会
• bring a dinner 带饭
• come to dinner 来(和某人)共餐
• cook a dinner 做饭
• eat a dinner 吃饭
• give a dinner 设宴招待某人
• have a dinner 进餐,吃饭
• hold a dinner 摆宴席,设宴
• invite sb to dinner 请某人吃饭,请某人赴宴
• make dinner 做饭
• order a dinner 订饭,预订宴席
• prepare dinner 做饭
• provide a dinner 提供膳食
• serve a dinner 提供正餐
• share a dinner 共餐

形容词+～

• comfortable dinner 美餐
• early dinner 午间正餐,午饭
• excellent dinner 盛宴
• good dinner 丰盛的正餐
• late dinner 晚餐
• nice dinner 美好的饭菜
• plain dinner 便饭,便宴
• poor dinner 不丰盛的正餐
• regular dinner 一般正餐
• well-cooked dinner 烹饪考究的宴席

名词+～

• Christmas dinner 圣诞晚宴
• state dinner 国宴
• TV dinner 边看电视边吃的速煮包装饭

～+名词

• dinner fork 餐叉
• dinner hour 正餐时间
• dinner knife 餐刀
• dinner party 宴会,聚餐会
• dinner place 餐盘
• dinner table 餐桌
• dinner theatre 餐馆剧院
• dinner things 餐具,碗筷

介词+～

• after dinner 饭后
• at dinner 在吃饭
• before dinner 饭前
• during dinner 在就餐时
• for dinner 为晚餐准备的
• be through with dinner 吃完饭

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. dinner基本意思是“正餐”,指一日间的主餐,有时在中午进餐,有时在晚间进餐。dinner引申可作“宴会”解,通常指大型宴会,也可指“小型家宴”,即请几个朋友到家中聚餐,之后搞些活动,共度夜晚时光。
2. 作为表示餐名的名词, dinner可用作可数名词,也可用作不可数名词。其前通常不加冠词,若有定语修饰时可加不定冠词,特指某次正餐时还可加定冠词(当然也可省略)。作“宴会”解时是可数名词,其前可加冠词。dinner之前有after, at, before, during, for等介词时,通常不加冠词。
3. dinner也可作“正餐那件事,正餐所上的饭菜”解,这时是可数名词。
4. 吃正餐可用动词have, take或eat。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

dinner, breakfast, lunch, meal, supper, tea

• 这组词均为餐名,一般不加冠词。其区别是：
• dinner指正餐,多在晚上吃,也可指宴会; breakfast指早餐; lunch指午餐; meal指任何一餐; supper指晚餐; tea在英国,指下午茶。例如:
• He asked me to dinner tonight.他邀请我今天晚上吃饭。
• The dinner we had was excellent.我们吃的晚餐很丰盛。
• I hope you will honour us with your presence at the dinner.我希望您能光临此次晚宴。
• I have breakfast at seven.我在7点吃早餐。
• We have lunch at noon.我们在中午吃午饭。
• He had a light meal at home.他在家吃了顿便餐。
• I have supper at six.我6点吃晚饭。
• They are having tea in the garden.他们正在园子里喝下午茶。

dinner, banquet

• 这两个词的共同意思是“宴会”。其区别是：
• dinner的规模可大可小,可以是正式举行的宴会,也可以是便宴小酌; 可以是社交性的,也可以是家人团聚。banquet指正式招待某人或庆祝某事件而举行的盛大宴会,饭前多有人致词,场面豪华,多为美酒珍肴。例如:
• A victory banquet was served in the dinning room.餐厅里举行庆祝胜利的宴会。

下面各组中两个句子意思相同:

• Have you had dinner yet?(BrE)
• Have you eaten dinner yet?(AmE)
• 你吃晚饭了吗?
• What time do you have dinner?(BrE)
• What time do you eat dinner?(AmE)
• 你们什么时候吃晚饭?

下面两个短语意思不同:

• have dinner 吃晚饭
• have a dinner 举行宴会

banquet，feast，dinner，party

• 这些名词均有“宴会”之意。
• banquet指正式而盛大的宴会或国宴。
• feast指宴席酒席，有时可与banquet换用，但前者强调共享欢乐的气氛。
• dinner普通用词，含义广。本义指一日的主餐，但多用于指宴请客人的正式的一餐。
• party指一般的社交聚会，也引申指宴请或宴会。

dinner，meal

• 这两个名词都有“餐”之意。
• dinner正餐。指一日中的主餐，可中午吃，也可晚间吃。
• meal泛指一日三餐的任一餐，也可指一餐所吃的东西。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 我们邀请他来吃饭好吗?

   误 Shall we ask him to the dinner?

   正 Shall we ask him to dinner?

   析 to dinner是固定用法,不能加定冠词the。像这样的短语还有at dinner, before dinner, after dinner等。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的dinen；最初源自古法语的disner，意为吃饭，进餐。

近反义词

【近义词】

• supper 晚饭
• lunch 午餐
• cafeteria 自助餐厅
• meal 一餐
• dinner party 宴会
• banquet 宴会
• party 聚会
• feast 宴会

【反义词】

• breakfast 早餐