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单词 out to lunch
释义

lunch

1 of 2

noun

ˈlənch How to pronounce lunch (audio)
1
: a usually light meal
especially : one taken in the middle of the day
2
: the food prepared for a lunch

lunch

2 of 2

verb

lunched; lunching; lunches

intransitive verb

: to eat lunch

transitive verb

: to treat to lunch
luncher noun
Phrases
out to lunch
slang : out of touch with reality

Example Sentences

Noun I like to eat a healthy lunch every day. We took a picnic lunch to the park. They've brought their own lunches with them. I had just a sandwich for lunch. I bought her some lunch. Verb She often lunches in the park. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The restaurants are open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, doubling as remote workspaces during the day. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023 Café Mish Mosh is open seven days a week for lunch and dinner (12PM-10PM). Margie Goldsmith, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023 Caviar Kaspia will be open for lunch and dinner to the public beginning on February 17. Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 13 Feb. 2023 Go Grocer offers fresh meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as fresh produce and the usually grocery store staples like bread, eggs and milk. Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2023 But lunch at Lodi, right off the Rockefeller Center plaza, is one of the city’s most charming. Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2023 Curtis Danburg, Guardians vice president of communications, lived nearby Adams’ nursing home and would often bring him lunch or dinner. Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 3 Feb. 2023 The optional Premium Culinary all-inclusive program features a la carté breakfast, lunch, and dinner, plus premium cocktails, wines, and beverages. Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 2 Feb. 2023 According to Samuelsson, that's about double of what Red Rooster typically does between lunch and dinner. Ralphie Aversa, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2023
Verb
Make breakfast or lunch your big meal out and stay way under 20 bucks. Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023 With a cast including Naomi Watts as Babe Paley, Chloë Sevigny as C. Z. Guest, and Calista Flockhart as Lee Radziwill, how could we not be treated to some major style moments from these lush, luxurious ladies who lunch? Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2022 Mequon residents will soon be able to lunch at the Tropical Smoothie Cafe, after the city planning commission approved a conditional-use permit June 27. Lydia Morrell, Journal Sentinel, 19 July 2022 The teens, all students at Tishomingo High School, were reportedly on their way to lunch off-campus when the incident occurred at the intersection of U.S. Highway 377 and State Highway 22, NBC News reported. Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 24 Mar. 2022 At Sant Feliu de Guíxols, the northern terminus of the impossibly photogenic Road of 1,000 Bends, I am tempted to lunch at one of the many outdoor restaurants overlooking the town’s beach and harbor. Dina Mishev, Washington Post, 27 May 2022 The singer was out to take Max and Emme to lunch at Hotel Bel-Air, a significant spot for Lopez and current boyfriend Ben Affleck. Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Jan. 2022 Later on, though, Gina and Emily asked Heather to lunch to explain their side of things, and Heather seemed more than receptive to Gina's apology. Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com, 8 Dec. 2021 Though Bush would lunch on a weekly basis with the president, Baker would be with him every day, plus control access to and information flow to him. John Tamny, Forbes, 27 May 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

probably short for luncheon

First Known Use

Noun

1800, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1811, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Kids Definition

lunch

1 of 2 noun
ˈlənch How to pronounce lunch (audio)
1
: a light meal
especially : one eaten in the middle of the day
2
: the food prepared for a lunch

lunch

2 of 2 verb
: to eat or treat to lunch
luncher noun

out to lunch

phrase

1
as in crazy
slang having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind That old fellow is out to lunch if he believes those stories about a giant creature living in the lake.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • crazy
  • insane
  • nuts
  • mad
  • psychotic
  • lunatic
  • psycho
  • around the bend
  • loony tunes
  • mental
  • foolish
  • paranoidal
  • paranoid
  • crackbrained
  • looney tunes
  • unreasonable
  • maniac
  • off
  • irrational
  • gaga
  • daft
  • bonkers
  • screwy
  • crackers
  • cuckoo
  • wacko
  • wacky
  • unsound
  • non compos mentis
  • loony
  • maniacal
  • haywire
  • balmy
  • nutty
  • meshugge
  • crazed
  • kooky
  • demented
  • off one's head
  • bedlam
  • meshugah
  • unbalanced
  • daffy
  • fruity
  • strange
  • out of one's mind
  • batty
  • moonstruck
  • cranky
  • looney
  • certifiable
  • ballistic
  • loco
  • off one's gourd
  • off one's rocker
  • unhinged
  • deranged
  • obsessed
  • eccentric
  • barmy
  • crackpot
  • scatty
  • wud
  • hysterical
  • bughouse
  • odd
  • brainsick
  • whacko
  • whacky
  • disturbed
  • bats
  • cracked
  • meshuggah
  • kookie
  • meshuga
  • depressed
  • aberrant
  • dotty
  • loopy
  • oddball
  • fey
  • senseless
  • schizoid
  • delirious
  • delusional
  • distraught
  • neurotic
  • paranoiac
  • hysteric
  • disordered
  • tetched
  • schizophrenic
  • nuclear
  • potty
  • frantic
  • sociopathic
  • pixilated
  • queer
  • bananas
  • witless
  • distracted
  • teched
  • touched
  • amok
  • berserk
  • ape
  • delusionary
  • haywire
  • pixillated
  • frenzied
  • paranoic
  • monomaniac
  • raving
  • fixated
  • monomaniacal
  • obsessive-compulsive
  • amuck
  • wigged-out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • compos mentis
  • reasonable
  • sound
  • balanced
  • sane
  • clear
  • rational
  • wise
  • uncrazy
  • normal
  • sensible
  • lucid
  • healthy
  • judicious
  • well-adjusted
  • unneurotic
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2
as in stupid
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment He thought anyone who wanted to go skydiving was out to lunch.

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • stupid
  • silly
  • crazy
  • foolish
  • absurd
  • insane
  • simple
  • mad
  • weak
  • lunatic
  • idiotic
  • featherheaded
  • idiotical
  • irrational
  • ridiculous
  • unwise
  • senseless
  • simpleminded
  • daft
  • tomfool
  • dippy
  • soft
  • zany
  • inept
  • nonsensical
  • wacky
  • cuckoo
  • loony
  • preposterous
  • balmy
  • nutty
  • fatuous
  • dumb
  • unreasonable
  • dotty
  • kooky
  • daffy
  • jerky
  • screwball
  • asinine
  • witless
  • brainless
  • sappy
  • harebrained
  • slow
  • thick
  • looney
  • crackpot
  • unreasoning
  • cockeyed
  • bubbleheaded
  • fool
  • lunkheaded
  • whacky
  • half-baked
  • dense
  • moronic
  • opaque
  • kookie
  • half-witted
  • obtuse
  • imbecile
  • fallacious
  • weak-minded
  • mindless
  • chowderheaded
  • unreasoned
  • boobish
  • clueless
  • fatuous
  • vacuous
  • feebleminded
  • doltish
  • dopey
  • thoughtless
  • thickheaded
  • unsound
  • softheaded
  • unintelligent
  • ludicrous
  • dim
  • witless
  • illogical
  • surd
  • laughable
  • invalid
  • dorky
  • oafish
  • pinheaded
  • farcical
  • chuckleheaded
  • lamebrain
  • dunderheaded
  • dull
  • nonrational
  • gormless
  • airheaded
  • knuckleheaded
  • notional
  • dim-witted
  • brain-dead
  • clownish
  • empty-headed
  • imbecilic
  • buffoonish
  • unconsidered
  • birdbrained
  • slow-witted
  • lamebrained
  • dopy
  • ill-advised

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • wise
  • sensible
  • sound
  • sane
  • prudent
  • bright
  • clever
  • reasonable
  • sage
  • valid
  • smart
  • intelligent
  • sagacious
  • logical
  • sapient
  • judicious
  • rational
  • brainy
  • well-advised
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