This flashcard explains that "dine" is a formal verb meaning to have dinner, or to eat a meal. It can be used in phrases like "dine out" (to eat in a restaurant) and "wine and dine" (to entertain someone with food and drink).
This flashcard explains that "dine" is a formal verb meaning to have dinner, or to eat a meal. It can be used in phrases like "dine out" (to eat in a restaurant) and "wine and dine" (to entertain someone with food and drink).
[VERB 动词]进餐;用餐;吃饭 When you dine, you have dinner. to wine and dine→see:
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[V adv/prep]
[V]
[no passive]
[FORMAL 正式]
He dines alone most nights...
大多数晚上他都是一个人用餐。
That night the two men dined at Wilson's club...
那天晚上这两个男人在威尔逊俱乐部进了餐。
They used to enjoy going out to dine.
他们以前很喜欢出去吃饭。
相关词组:
dine on
dine out
Oxford
dine/daɪn; NAmEdaɪn/verb[intransitive ]( formal) to eat dinner 进餐;用饭◆We dined with my parents at a restaurant in town.我们同我父母在镇里一家餐馆吃饭。☞collocationsat
restaurant
PHRASAL VERBSˈdine on sth( formal) to have a particular type of food for dinner 正餐吃…;以…作正餐ˌdine ˈoutto eat dinner in a restaurant or sb else's home 下馆子;外出进餐ˌdine ˈout on sth( informal) to tell other people about sth that has happened to you, in order to make them interested in you 吹嘘自己的经历以引起他人对你的兴趣(或重视)IDIOMsee
wine
v.dinedinesdineddiningdine/daɪn; NAmEdaɪn/
LDC
dinedine /daɪn/ ●●○ verb [intransitive] formal
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to eat dinner: He was dining with friends at the Ritz. → wine and dine somebody
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dine on/off phrasal verb formalto eat a particular kind of food for dinner, especially expensive food: We dined on lobster and strawberries.dine out phrasal verb1formal to eat dinner in a restaurant or in someone else’s house → eat out: They would dine out together once a month.2dine out on something British English informal to keep using a story about something that has happened to you, in order to entertain people at meals
WDF
dine
[daɪn]dined, dining, dines
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dined[906] dining[9137]
进餐(88%),用正餐(12%)
vi.进餐,用餐
vt.宴请
n.(Dine)人名;(意、葡)迪内;(英)戴恩;(法)迪纳
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