单词 | breakfast |
释义 | breakfastn. 1. That with which a person breaks his fast in the morning; the first meal of the day. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > breakfast or morning meal forme-metea1175 breakfast1463 disjune1491 jentation1599 jenticulation1658 meat breakfast1728 English breakfast1773 déjeuner1787 dejeune1788 fork-breakfast1812 tea-breakfast1825 cooked breakfast1848 chota hazri1863 hunt-breakfast1877 petit déjeuner1879 brekker1889 brekkie1904 Continental breakfast1911 prayer breakfast1930 Oslo breakfast1937 fry1959 1463 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 224 Exspensys in brekfast, xj. d. 1491 Act 7 Hen. VII xxii. Pream. Ye were at your brekefast. 1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 251/1 That men shoulde go to masse as well after sowper as before brekefast. 1594 Lady Russell in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. 233 III. 40 Becawse I here your Lordship meaneth to be gon early in the morning, I am bowld to send your pale thin cheecks a comfortable little breckfast. 1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 46 People of fashion [at Bath] make public breakfasts at the assembly-houses. 1793 W. Cowper Let. 25 Apr. (1984) IV. 325 My only time for study is now before breakfast. a1822 P. B. Shelley Peter Bell III iii, in Poet. Wks. (?1840) 240/2 Dinners convivial and political;..Breakfasts professional and critical. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §27. 207 My assistants were preparing breakfast. 2. a. Occasionally in wider sense: That which puts an end to a fast, a meal. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] mealeOE meatshiplOE meal of meatc1330 meal's meatc1330 refectiona1425 eating1483 mealtide1485 repasc1485 sustenancea1500 breakfast1526 repast1530 recreation1538 cooking1804 eat1844 scoff1846 grub1857 khana1859 meetsuk1896 nosh1964 trough1981 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. xii. 16 Esau which for one breakfast solde his right. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) v. iv. 34 I would haue beene a break-fast to the Beast. View more context for this quotation 1684 J. Dryden Amaryllis in Miscellany Poems 241 The Wolves will get a Breakfast by my Death. b. = wedding-breakfast n. at wedding n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > wedding feast marriage feast?1533 marriage dinner1552 bride-banquet1600 spouse-feast1601 marriage table1603 bridal dinnera1616 wedding-dinner1633 wedding-feast1633 wedding-supper1695 wedding-table1722 breakfast1847 wedding breakfast1850 wedding-banquet1855 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > wedding festivities > [noun] > feast > breakfast breakfast1847 wedding breakfast1850 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xv. 132 We'll have a wedding, Briggs, and you shall make the breakfast, and be a brides' maid. 1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman iv. 167 I'm off for my honeymoon... Oh don't say that, Violet. And no wedding, no breakfast. Compounds C1. General attributive. breakfast-bell n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > meal-time > [noun] > summons to meal dinner bella1635 kale-bell1776 dinner call1799 tea-bell1836 breakfast-bell1842 warning bell1849 soupy1899 warning gong1938 1842 T. Martin in Fraser's Mag. Dec. The breakfast-bell had sounded. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > dining table > table for serving meals from surveying-place?1445 breakfast-board1544 credence1567 1544 Privy Purse Exp. Princess Mary (Madden) 149 Item paid..for mending the Brekefaste-borde and fyre-Shovell. breakfast-china n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > crockery > breakfast crockery déjeuner1774 breakfast-china1811 breakfast-seta1817 breakfast-service1838 breakfast-things1841 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility I. ii. 26 The set of breakfast china is twice as handsome as what belongs to this house. View more context for this quotation 1929 E. Bowen Joining Charles 124 Breakfast-china..with a red rim. breakfast-cloth n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > table linen > [noun] > tablecloth > for breakfast table breakfast-cloth1778 1778 G. L. Way Learning at Loss I. 107 Dipping the Corner of the Breakfast Cloth into his Tea-cup. 1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield xxv. 270 A clean breakfast-cloth. breakfast coffee n. ΚΠ 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. vi. vii. 412 In remote streets, men are drinking breakfast-coffee. breakfast-cup n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > large beaker1348 facer1527 wassailing bowl1555 wassail-cup1600 wassail-bowl1606 consciencea1643 bellarmine1720 breakfast-cup1762 longbeard1850 1762 J. Boswell Jrnl. 12 Dec. in London Jrnl. (1950) 81 I ordered some large breakfast cups. 1911 A. Bennett Hilda Lessways i. v. 47 Her big breakfast-cup full of steaming tea. breakfast-food n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > [noun] > breakfast-food breakfast-food1898 1898 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Feb. 28/1 (advt.) Ralston Health Club Breakfast Food. 1941 M. Allingham Traitor's Purse vii. 75 The familiar cartons of breakfast food. breakfast-hour n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > meal-time > [noun] > breakfast time breakfast-time1599 breakfast-hour1811 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. v. 80 An unforeseen indisposition..kept her ladyship in almost hopeless doubt during her breakfast-hour. 1876 C. M. Yonge Womankind xiii. 92 It is very unfortunate that most people's breakfast hour coincides with this only period permitted for religious teaching. breakfast-nook n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > dining-room parlourc1384 cenaclea1400 triclinec1440 dining room?1576 dining hall1598 eating-room1613 triclinium1646 supper rooma1661 coffee-room1712 breakfast-room1732 salle-à-manger1762 mess-room1774 refreshment room1785 breakfast-parlour1802 noon-hall1828 dinner room1853 Speisesaal1871 diner1907 dinette1920 breakfast-nook1931 brunch bar1940 1931 Kansas City (Missouri) Times 9 Oct. A cute little room called the breakfast nook. 1958 J. Cannan And be Villain iii. 50 You can come into my kitchen..there's a breakfast nook, as they calls it in the books. breakfast-parlour n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > dining-room parlourc1384 cenaclea1400 triclinec1440 dining room?1576 dining hall1598 eating-room1613 triclinium1646 supper rooma1661 coffee-room1712 breakfast-room1732 salle-à-manger1762 mess-room1774 refreshment room1785 breakfast-parlour1802 noon-hall1828 dinner room1853 Speisesaal1871 diner1907 dinette1920 breakfast-nook1931 brunch bar1940 1802 C. Wilmot Irish Peer on Continent (1920) 43 If ‘Italy is the Garden of Europe’,..Scotland the breakfast Parlour, and so on, I really think one may say France is the ‘Drawing-room’. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. vii. 120 She found her way..to the breakfast-parlour . View more context for this quotation breakfast-party n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > breakfast, dinner, or supper party dinner party1749 supper party1754 breakfast-party1814 dinner dance1887 bachelor-dinner1902 American supper1916 kitty party1991 society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > dinner- (etc.) party dinner party1749 supper party1754 waffle party1808 breakfast-party1814 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park II. x. 232 Sir Thomas asked Crawford to join the early breakfast party . View more context for this quotation 1871 J. Morley Crit. Misc. (1886) I. 298 The hard geniality of some clever college-tutor of stiff manners, entertaining undergraduates at an official breakfast party. breakfast-room n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > dining-room parlourc1384 cenaclea1400 triclinec1440 dining room?1576 dining hall1598 eating-room1613 triclinium1646 supper rooma1661 coffee-room1712 breakfast-room1732 salle-à-manger1762 mess-room1774 refreshment room1785 breakfast-parlour1802 noon-hall1828 dinner room1853 Speisesaal1871 diner1907 dinette1920 breakfast-nook1931 brunch bar1940 1732 Duchess of Marlborough Let. 4 July (1943) 36 The rooms I mean, is that where the red velvet bed stands and the room next to it, which they call the breakfast room. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott VII. 404 A charming breakfast-room which looks to the Tweed. breakfast-service n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > crockery > breakfast crockery déjeuner1774 breakfast-china1811 breakfast-seta1817 breakfast-service1838 breakfast-things1841 1838 J. Romilly Diary 16 Oct. in Cambridge Diary (1967) 156 She ordered a beautiful breakf. service for him. 1855 A. Trollope Warden viii. 122 The breakfast-service on the table was equally costly and equally plain. 1939 A. Thirkell Before Lunch ix. 249 I shall give you a breakfast service and a very large Persian cat. breakfast-stall n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > snack bar buffet1792 breakfast-stall1853 fish-bar1887 stand-up1897 pizzeria1901 luncheonette1924 snack bar1930 snackette1935 snackery1936 pizza bar1956 Wimpy Bar1959 Wimpy1966 salad bar1976 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xlvii. 449 A breakfast-stall at a street corner. breakfast-table n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > dining table > breakfast table or bar breakfast-table1762 breakfast bar1934 1762 T. Chippendale Gentleman & Cabinet-maker's Director (ed. 3) 8 Two Designs of Breakfast-Tables. One hath a Stretching-Rail...The other hath a Shelf. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. v. 67 Never in her life before had she beheld half such variety on a breakfast-table . View more context for this quotation 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxix. 155 A well-spread breakfast-table. breakfast-things n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > crockery > breakfast crockery déjeuner1774 breakfast-china1811 breakfast-seta1817 breakfast-service1838 breakfast-things1841 1841 ‘M. A. Titmarsh’ in Britannia 15 May 315/2 All the breakfast things begin to clatter. 1960 ‘J. Bell’ Well-known Face iv. 37 She had moved both cups off the little tray to make room for her breakfast things. breakfast-time n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > meal-time > [noun] > breakfast time breakfast-time1599 breakfast-hour1811 1599 Lady Hoby Diary 25 Sept. (1930) 74 After I had praied I walked in the garden tell break fast time. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 108 Even before Breakfast-time. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. vi. 101 He had ridden the whole day since breakfast time. breakfast-tray n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > utensils for serving > serving-plate or -tray trayOE chargerc1305 service plate1548 venison dish1567 venison plate1567 fruit-trencher1642 salver1661 server1677 voider1677 waiting salver1714 tureen1727 waiter1738 waiting board1770 plateau1790 traylet1825 breakfast-traya1865 cheese board1916 thali1969 charger1984 a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) II. xxi. 210 Mrs. Gibson breakfasted in bed... Her own private letters always went up on her breakfast-tray. 1893 E. F. Benson Dodo (ed. 3) I. iv. 82 He met a footman carrying a breakfast-tray. C2. breakfast-set n. the crockery in use at breakfast. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > crockery > breakfast crockery déjeuner1774 breakfast-china1811 breakfast-seta1817 breakfast-service1838 breakfast-things1841 a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. vii. 123 The elegance of the breakfast set . View more context for this quotation breakfast television n. (also breakfast TV) originally U.S., television broadcasting in the morning, esp. at or around breakfast time. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > [noun] > type of programme dramedy1905 news film1912 sex comedy1915 television adaptation1935 action comedy1936 sportcast1939 teleshopper1949 telethon1949 special1952 television special1952 TV special1952 science-fictioner1953 spectacular1954 promo1955 sitcom1956 spec1959 spin-off1959 reality programming1962 teleroman1964 mockumentary1965 serialization1965 talk show1965 laugh-in1967 novela1968 reality show1968 breakfast television1971 spy series1975 reality television1978 reality TV1980 series1988 shockumentary1988 1971 Life 10 Dec. 68/2 I felt I had performed reasonably well on midnight radio and breakfast television from Boston to San Francisco. 1980 Economist 12 July 93/3 Channel Four..is meant to start then [sc. in 1982] (so too is Breakfast TV, but its revenue is likely to be less than 1% of total TV advertising). 1984 S. Townsend Growing Pains Adrian Mole 144 At 6.25 I woke my parents up by shouting loudly up the stairs that Breakfast Television was starting. 1987 Financial Times 21 Feb. (Weekend Suppl.) p. xviii/8 There was nothing to divert me except Breakfast TV. breakfast-time television n. (also breakfast-time TV) originally U.S. = breakfast television n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [noun] > types of news bulletin1857 news summary1875 police message1886 newsflash1904 headline1908 play-by-play1909 feature1913 spot ad1916 magazine1921 news1923 time signal1923 outside broadcast1924 radiocast1924 amateur hour1925 bulletin1925 serial1926 commentary1927 rebroadcast1927 school broadcast1927 feature programme1928 trailer1928 hour1930 schools broadcast1930 show1930 spot advertisement1930 spot announcement1930 sustaining1931 flash1934 newscast1934 commercial1935 clambake1937 remote1937 repeat1937 snap1937 soap opera1939 sportcast1939 spot commercial1939 daytimer1940 magazine programme1941 season1942 soap1943 soaper1946 parade1947 public service announcement1948 simulcasting1949 breakfast-time television1952 call-in1952 talkathon1952 game show1953 kidvid1955 roundup1958 telenovela1961 opt-out1962 miniseries1963 simulcast1964 soapie1964 party political1966 novela1968 phone-in1968 sudser1968 schools programme1971 talk-in1971 God slot1972 roadshow1973 trail1973 drama-doc1977 informercial1980 infotainment1980 infomercial1981 kideo1983 talk-back1984 indie1988 omnibus1988 teleserye2000 kidult- 1952 N.Y. Times 20 Jan. ii. 11/1 Breakfast-time TV has been a commercial success in some cities outside of New York. 1980 Economist 26 Jan. 18 What the IBA wants from contenders is profitability. The only major innovation it is encouraging is national breakfast-time television. 1987 Maclean's 13 Apr. 46 She describes the England around her with Dickensian sweep: the New Right, the Falklands War, new technology, breakfast-time TV. Draft additions September 2006 breakfast bar (a) originally U.S. a raised counter in a home kitchen; (b) a café where breakfast is sold at a counter; (also) a breakfast buffet; (c) originally U.S. a prepackaged food similar in size and shape to a chocolate bar, typically made of cereal and fruit, and eaten instead of a sit-down breakfast. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > dining table > breakfast table or bar breakfast-table1762 breakfast bar1934 1934 Washington Post 12 Mar. 11/7 The breakfast nook..has gone modern and become a breakfast bar... High stools..take the place of chairs. 1963 Times 22 Jan. 7/7 Some motels allow a coffee percolator but draw the line at electric frying pans for bacon and eggs, for many have their own breakfast bars. 1975 Chicago Tribune 11 May (Mag. section) 36 (advt.) New Carnation breakfast bar is the delicious way to enjoy instant breakfast nourishment—anytime! 1980 Times 20 Nov. 8/4 There is fresh papaya, pineapple and melon on the hotel breakfast bar. 1985 T. Blackwell & J. Seabrook World Still to Win vii. 139 Ceramic-tiled kitchens with breakfast bars, open staircases and louvred walk-in wardrobes. 1996 N.Z. News UK 28 Feb. 8/2 After a stint flipping eggs at a breakfast bar in Queenstown, the former Invercargill mayor is back. 2001 Daily Tel. 23 Oct. 7/8 In a survey of 19 cereal bars sold as ‘breakfast bars’, all had more fat and sugar than a bowl of Rice Crispies. Draft additions March 2009 to eat (also have) (a person or thing) for breakfast: to overcome, dispose of, or deal with (a person or thing) without difficulty.Sometimes as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > easily to eat (also have) (a person or thing) for breakfast1693 to walk over (the course)1823 to run (also make) rings round (also around)1875 to shut out1881 to walk away from1883 to walk round1901 to roll over1937 to walk (all) over (a person)1976 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town i. 92 He was an Iniskilling-Man, and had eat half an hundred Irish Men for a Breakfast. 1719 J. Bernal Ovid in Masquerade 22 In Death's cold Chains I made his Neck fast Who'ad eat a Dozen Greeks for Breakfast. 1733 H. Fielding Miser (London ed.) v. xiv. 82 What are two thousand Pounds? Why, Sir, the Court of Chancery will eat it up for a breakfast. 1861 Harper's Mag. Aug. 428/1 Mr. Stephens had said he could eat Ben Hill for breakfast, Rance Wright for dinner, and Bob Trippe for supper. 1888 W. B. Churchward ‘Blackbirding’ in S. Pacific 125 Look sharp, or by golly, they will have us for breakfast. 1962 Life 23 Feb. 18 (advt.) This beauty eats mountains for breakfast—Pontiac Grand Prix! 1999 A. Wheatle Brixton Rock 5 The court'd have him for breakfast for interviewing a minor without a chaperone. 2004 Asiana Autumn 85/1 Your rivals have their own way of bringing you down, but if you stoop to their level—chances are they'll eat you for breakfast. Draft additions January 2018 breakfast club n. (a) a group of people, esp. those with a common interest, who regularly meet for breakfast; (b) (chiefly British) any of various schemes which provide supervised care and breakfast to schoolchildren before regular school hours, usually on school premises. ΚΠ 1786 J. Q. Adams 10 Dec. in R. J. Taylor & M. Friedlaender Diary (1981) II. 138 The breakfast club were at my chamber. 1893 Aberdeen Weekly Jrnl. 18 Oct. I expect you'll find him at the Breakfast Club. He's out with the Duke of Tec and Tom Smith. 1948 High School Jrnl. 31 199 Ten of the practices..were being provided in an unsatisfactory manner... These were..breakfast clubs, and hot drinks on cold mornings for pupils who ride the bus. 1995 New Scientist 6 May 21/3 Cafe Cyberia has launched Senior-Nauts—a breakfast club for mature beginners. 2011 Rotary Today June 13/1 They support breakfast clubs at inner city schools. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). breakfastv. 1. intransitive. To break one's fast (see break v. 29c); to take the first meal of the day. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating meals > eat meal [verb (intransitive)] > eat breakfast to break one's fastc1460 jenticulate1623 breakfast1679 1679 E. Everard Depositions Popish Plot 11 After break-fasting peaceably. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 200. ⁋6 A back room, where he always breakfasted when he had not great company. 1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. ii. ii. 181 If an undergraduate now and then breakfasted with his tutor, the undergraduate was shy. 2. transitive. To provide with breakfast, entertain at breakfast. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > entertain with food > entertain with specific meal dinec1475 sup1609 supper1622 breakfast1793 dinner1822 bedinner1837 tea1844 tiffin1866 lunch1892 1793 T. Jefferson Writings IV. 83 They will breakfast you. 1885 M. Pattison Mem. 50 I was breakfasted by Copleston. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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