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单词 luncheon
释义 lunch·eon
I. \ˈlənchən\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: perhaps alteration of nuncheon
1. archaic : a piece of food : chunk
 < cramming a huge luncheon of piecrust into his mouth — Sir Walter Scott >
2.
 a. : a light meal at midday : lunch
  < school over, we hurried home to a cold luncheon — Lyman Abbott >
 b. : a light meal of more formal character usually for a group of people in a public dining room (as at a club meeting or a business meeting)
  < a handful of university press people … habitually attended the annual luncheonsSaturday Review >
II. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to eat luncheon
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