释义 |
ˈbreakfasting, vbl. n. [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The taking of breakfast. Also attrib., as in breakfasting-house, breakfasting-place, breakfasting-time.
1732De Foe, etc. Tour Gt. Brit. (1769) II. 172 Now turned into a Breakfasting-House. 1741Richardson Pamela II. 177 We have made but sorry Breakfastings. a1771Smollett Humph. Cl. (1815) 68 Yesterday..she went by herself to a breakfasting in one of the rooms. |