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Dine Eat Daɪn Verb Formal Dinner Dined Restaurant

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).

word dine
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dine ★★☆☆☆
/da͟ɪn/
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[VERB 动词]进餐;用餐;吃饭 When you dine, you have dinner. to wine and dine→see:
wine
  [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 ; NAmE daɪn / 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 VERBS ˈdine on sth ( formal) to have a particular type of food for dinner 正餐吃…;以…作正餐 ˌdine ˈout to 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.
dine dines dined dining
dine / daɪn ; NAmE daɪn /
LDC
dinedine /daɪn/ ●●○ verb [intransitive] formal
Word Origin
Verb Table
Examples
Thesaurus
Collocations
Phrases
to eat dinner:  He was dining with friends at the Ritz. wine and dine somebody
at wine2
dine on/off something phrasal verb formal to 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 houseeat 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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Spoken:

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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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