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单词 dinner
释义
dinnerdinner /ˈdɪnɚ/ ●●● S1 W1 noun Etymology
ETYMOLOGYdinner
Origin: 1200-1300 Old French diner, from diner to eat
Collocations
COLLOCATIONSverbs
 Why don’t you come and have dinner with us?
 I thought we might have pasta for dinner tonight.
(also prepare dinner formal) The dinner took three hours to prepare. I offered to cook dinner.
(=start giving people food) Dinner is served between 7 and 11 p.m. in the hotel restaurant.
 We were just finishing dinner when she called.
 We’re having a few friends over for dinner.
 Let’s ask Kate and Mike to dinner.
(=to a restaurant) Grandpa took us out to dinner at a fancy restaurant downtown.
 Mark is coming for dinner tonight.
(=go and eat in a restaurant) Would you like to go out for dinner on Saturday?
adjectives/nouns + dinner
 The cost of the hotel includes a three-course dinner.
(=a dinner at a party where people sit rather than stand) There will be a full sit-down dinner after the ceremony.
(=a special meal eaten on Sunday, Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc.) We usually go for a walk after Christmas dinner.
 It’s nice to relax after a good dinner.
 He was having a quiet dinner with a couple of friends.
(=for two people in a romantic relationship) Ken and Denise were enjoying a romantic dinner for two in a French restaurant.
(=with only candles for lighting) Chris treated his girlfriend to a candle-lit dinner.
 A formal dinner was held to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the college.
(=where people wear special formal clothes) He was invited to a black-tie dinner in Washington, D.C.
(=a meal that you buy frozen and then heat up to eat while you watch TV) I’m just going to heat up a TV dinner in the microwave.
dinner + nouns
 He said he would be back by dinner time.
(=when someone’s friends are invited for a special evening meal) We are having a dinner party on Saturday.
 The dinner guests began arriving at about seven o’clock.
 We sat around the dinner table, talking.
1[countable, uncountable] the main meal of the day, usually eaten in the evening, but sometimes in the middle of the day:  What time do you usually eat dinner?for dinner We’re having fish for dinner tonight. Let’s go out for dinner tonight. She took me out to dinner on my birthday. We had some friends over for Sunday dinner.2[countable] a formal occasion when an evening meal is eaten, often to celebrate something:  Three hundred students attended the school’s alumni dinner. We had the rehearsal dinner at a restaurant near the church (=a dinner the night before a wedding for people who will be in it). [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French diner, from diner to eat] → see also TV dinnerCOLLOCATIONSverbshave/eat dinner Why don’t you come and have dinner with us?have something for dinner I thought we might have pasta for dinner tonight.make/cook dinner (also prepare dinner formal) The dinner took three hours to prepare. I offered to cook dinner.serve dinner (=start giving people food) Dinner is served between 7 and 11 p.m. in the hotel restaurant.finish (your) dinner We were just finishing dinner when she called.have somebody for/to dinner We’re having a few friends over for dinner.ask/invite somebody to dinner Let’s ask Kate and Mike to dinner.take somebody (out) to dinner (=to a restaurant) Grandpa took us out to dinner at a fancy restaurant downtown.come for/to dinner Mark is coming for dinner tonight.go out for/to dinner (=go and eat in a restaurant) Would you like to go out for dinner on Saturday?adjectives/nouns + dinnera three-course/four-course etc. dinner The cost of the hotel includes a three-course dinner.a sit-down dinner (=a dinner at a party where people sit rather than stand) There will be a full sit-down dinner after the ceremony.Sunday/Christmas/Thanksgiving etc. dinner (=a special meal eaten on Sunday, Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc.) We usually go for a walk after Christmas dinner.a nice/good/excellent dinner It’s nice to relax after a good dinner.a quiet dinner He was having a quiet dinner with a couple of friends.a romantic dinner (=for two people in a romantic relationship) Ken and Denise were enjoying a romantic dinner for two in a French restaurant.a candle-lit dinner (=with only candles for lighting) Chris treated his girlfriend to a candle-lit dinner.a formal/official dinner A formal dinner was held to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the college.a black-tie dinner (=where people wear special formal clothes) He was invited to a black-tie dinner in Washington, D.C.a TV dinner (=a meal that you buy frozen and then heat up to eat while you watch TV) I’m just going to heat up a TV dinner in the microwave.dinner + nounsdinner time He said he would be back by dinner time.a dinner party (=when someone’s friends are invited for a special evening meal) We are having a dinner party on Saturday.a dinner guest The dinner guests began arriving at about seven o’clock.a dinner table We sat around the dinner table, talking.
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