| 单词 | lunch |
| 释义 | lunch (once / 229 pages) nv Lunch is the meal you eat in the middle of the day. If you only have a short lunch break during your school or work day, you might quickly eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The size of your lunch depends on what country you live in. In the US, most people eat a small lunch and a larger dinner at the end of the day. The word is a somewhat fancy verb, too: "Shall we lunch at the club, or have the cook make us something at home?" Lunch is a shortened version of luncheon, which may stem from the earlier dialectical lunch, "hunk of bread and cheese." WORD FAMILYlunch: lunched, luncher, lunches, lunching+/luncher: lunchers USAGE EXAMPLESKaren objects to fruit juice in grade-school lunches; however, like most of us, she resorts to sugary bribes when necessary. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) About a third of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches because of their parents’ lower incomes, according to state figures. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) After lunch, she and Alvarenga and Dominic and others in the family gathered for a civil ceremony at a lawyer’s office in Fairfax. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1n a midday meal Syn|Hypo|Hyper dejeuner, luncheon, tiffin business lunch lunch (usually at a restaurant) where business is discussed and the cost is charged as a business expense meal, repast the food served and eaten at one time 2v take the midday meal At what time are you lunching? Hyper eat eat a meal; take a meal 3v provide a midday meal for She lunched us well Hyper feed, give give food to |
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