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This flashcard defines the word "lunch" in English. It covers its usage as a noun (the midday meal) and a verb (to eat lunch), including formal contexts and idiomatic expressions like "there's no such thing as a free lunch" and "out to lunch".

你好,这是笔记的 JSON 输出。 lunch [N-VAR 可变名词] 午餐;午饭 Lunch is the meal that you have in the middle of the day. →see usage note at: meal Shall we meet somewhere for lunch?... 我们找地方见面一起吃个午饭好不好? He did not enjoy business lunches... 他不喜欢吃工作午餐。 If anyone wants me, I'm at lunch with a client. 有人找我,就说我在跟客户吃午餐。 [VERB 动词] (尤指在餐馆)用午餐,吃午饭 When you lunch, you have lunch, especially at a restaurant. [V adv/prep] [V] [FORMAL 正式] Only the extremely rich could afford to lunch at the Mirabelle... 只有非常有钱的人才能在米拉贝勒餐厅吃得起午餐。 Having not yet lunched, we went to the refreshment bar for ham sandwiches. 我们都没吃午饭,于是便去小吃店买了火腿三明治。 [PHRASE 短语] 天下没有免费的午餐 If you say there's no such thing as a free lunch, you are saying that most things that are worth having need to be paid for or worked for, and that you cannot expect to get things for nothing. [v-link PHR] The book includes 25 Lessons for Life: Lesson 1: There is no free lunch. Don't feel entitled to anything you don't sweat and struggle for... 本书共包括25堂“人生课”:第一课,没有免费的午餐。别以为可以不劳而获。 But, even in Hollywood, there is no such thing as a free lunch. 但即使是在好莱坞也没有免费的午餐。 lunch ★ /lʌntʃ/ lunch noun, verb lunch lunches lunched lunching lunch noun, countable, uncountable a meal eaten in the middle of the day 午餐;午饭 She's gone to lunch. 她吃午饭去了。 I'm ready for some lunch. 我想吃点午饭了。 What shall we have for lunch? 我们午餐吃什么好呢? We serve hot and cold lunches. 我们供应冷热午餐。 a one-hour lunch break 一小时午餐时间 Let's do lunch (= have lunch together). 咱们共进午餐吧。 ☞collocations at restaurant ☞note at meal ☞see also bag lunch, box lunch, packed lunch, ploughman's lunch IDIOM out to lunch (informal) (especially NAmE) behaving in a strange or confused way 行为怪异;心不在焉 ☞more at free verb intransitive formal to have lunch, especially at a restaurant 你用午餐 He lunched with a client at the Ritz. 他与一位客户在里茨餐馆共进了午餐。 lunch 1 noun /lʌntʃ/ ●●●● S1 W2 noun [countable, uncountable] 1 a meal eaten in the middle of the day What’s for lunch? I've just had lunch with John. at lunch I’m afraid he’s at lunch until two. over lunch A dozen senators met over lunch with the Chinese ambassador. GRAMMAR: Patterns with lunch for lunch You eat something for lunch: · I had chicken for lunch. ✗Don’t say: I had chicken on lunch. | I had chicken at lunch. at lunch You use at lunch to talk about something that happens while you are eating lunch: We can talk about it at lunch. You also use at lunch to say that someone has gone somewhere else to eat lunch: I went to see her, but she was at lunch. 2 there’s no (such thing as a) free lunch used to say that you cannot get anything without working for it or paying for it 3 out to lunch informal behaving or talking in a strange or crazy way COLLOCATIONS verbs have lunch eat lunch have something for lunch take somebody (out) to lunch (=pay for someone else's lunch when you go to a restaurant) go out for/to lunch (=have lunch at a restaurant) come for/to lunch (=come to someone's house for lunch) break for lunch (=stop doing something in order to eat lunch) make lunch ADJECTIVES/NOUN + lunch a light lunch (=a small lunch) a packed lunch (British English), a bag/sack lunch (American English) (=food such as sandwiches that you take to school etc) a business/working lunch (=a lunch during which you also do business) a school lunch (=a lunch provided by a school) Sunday lunch (British English) (=a hot lunch eaten on Sunday) lunch + NOUN a lunch break (=a time when you stop working to eat lunch) the lunch hour (=the time when people stop working to eat lunch) a lunch date (=when you meet someone for lunch) lunch 2 verb [intransitive] formal to eat lunch I will be lunching with a client. I lunched on bread and olives. We lunched at Maxim’s.午餐;午饭 lunch lunches lunched lunching noon. lunch, meal [ luncheon ]午餐;午饭 The noon meal. vi.吃午餐 vt.吃午餐,招待午餐

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[N-VAR 可变名词]午餐;午饭 Lunch is the meal that you have in the middle of the day. →see usage note at:
meal
  • Shall we meet somewhere for lunch?...

    我们找地方见面一起吃个午饭好不好?

  • He did not enjoy business lunches...

    他不喜欢吃工作午餐。

  • If anyone wants me, I'm at lunch with a client.

    有人找我,就说我在跟客户吃午餐。

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[VERB 动词](尤指在餐馆)用午餐,吃午饭 When you lunch, you have lunch, especially at a restaurant.
  [V adv/prep]
  [V]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • Only the extremely rich could afford to lunch at the Mirabelle...

    只有非常有钱的人才能在米拉贝勒餐厅吃得起午餐。

  • Having not yet lunched, we went to the refreshment bar for ham sandwiches.

    我们都没吃午饭,于是便去小吃店买了火腿三明治。

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[PHRASE 短语]天下没有免费的午餐 If you say there's no such thing as a free lunch, you are saying that most things that are worth having need to be paid for or worked for, and that you cannot expect to get things for nothing.
  [v-link PHR]
  • The book includes 25 Lessons for Life: Lesson 1: There is no free lunch. Don't feel entitled to anything you don't sweat and struggle for...

    本书共包括25堂“人生课”:第一课,没有免费的午餐。别以为可以不劳而获。

  • But, even in Hollywood, there is no such thing as a free lunch.

    但即使是在好莱坞也没有免费的午餐。


Oxford lunch / lʌntʃ ; NAmE lʌntʃ /
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verb
lunch lunches lunched lunching
noun [uncountable ,  countable ] a meal eaten in the middle of the day 午餐;午饭 She's gone to lunch. 她吃午饭去了。 I'm ready for some lunch. 我想吃点午饭了。 What shall we have for lunch? 我们午餐吃什么好呢? We serve hot and cold lunches. 我们供应冷热午餐。 a one-hour lunch break 一小时午餐时间 Let's do lunch (= have lunch together). 咱们共进午餐吧。 collocationsat
restaurant
note at
meal
see also
bag lunch
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box lunch
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packed lunch
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ploughman's lunch
IDIOM ˌout to ˈlunch ( informal) ( especially NAmE) behaving in a strange or confused way 行为怪异;心不在焉 more at
free
adj.
verb [intransitive ] ( formal) to have lunch, especially at a restaurant (尤指在餐馆)用午餐 He lunched with a client at the Ritz. 他与一位客户在里茨餐馆共进了午餐。 lunch / lʌntʃ ; NAmE lʌntʃ /
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lunch1 noun
lunch2 verb
lunchlunch1 /lʌntʃ/ ●●● S1 W2 noun [countable, uncountable]
Word Origin
Examples
Thesaurus
Collocations
Phrases
1a meal eaten in the middle of the day:  What’s for lunch? I've just had lunch with John.at lunch I’m afraid he’s at lunch until two.over lunch A dozen senators met over lunch with the Chinese ambassador.GRAMMAR: Patterns with lunchfor lunchYou eat something for lunch: · I had chicken for lunch. Don’t say: I had chicken on lunch. | I had chicken at lunch.at lunchYou use at lunch to talk about something that happens while you are eating lunch: · We can talk about it at lunch.You also use at lunch to say that someone has gone somewhere else to eat lunch: · I went to see her, but she was at lunch.2there’s no (such thing as a) free lunch used to say that you cannot get anything without working for it or paying for it3out to lunch informal behaving or talking in a strange or crazy wayCOLLOCATIONSverbshave lunch· Have you had lunch?eat lunch· What time do you usually eat lunch?have something for lunch· I usually have sandwiches for lunch.take somebody (out) to lunch (=pay for someone else's lunch when you go to a restaurant)· He took her out for lunch at a local pub.go out for/to lunch (=have lunch at a restaurant)· I don't often go out to lunch, as it's expensive.come for/to lunch (=come to someone's house for lunch)· Can you come to lunch tomorrow?break for lunch (=stop doing something in order to eat lunch)· Why don't we break for lunch about 1 o'clock?make lunch· You clear the table while I make lunch.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + luncha light lunch (=a small lunch)· After a light lunch, he would take a nap each afternoon.a packed lunch British English, a bag/sack lunch American English (=food such as sandwiches that you take to school etc)· Most of the children had brought packed lunches.a business/working lunch (=a lunch during which you also do business)· She was having a business lunch with a customer.a school lunch (=a lunch provided by a school)· Free school lunches are provided for the poorest children.Sunday lunch British English (=a hot lunch eaten on Sunday)· Mum always cooks a chicken for Sunday lunch.lunch + NOUNa lunch break (=a time when you stop working to eat lunch)· We took a half hour lunch break.the lunch hour (=the time when people stop working to eat lunch)· I try to go out for a walk during my lunch hour.a lunch date (=when you meet someone for lunch)· I've got a lunch date.
lunch1 noun
lunch2 verb
lunchlunch2 verb [intransitive] formal
Verb Table
Examples
word sets
Collocations
Phrases
to eat lunchlunch with I will be lunching with a client.lunch on I lunched on bread and olives.lunch at/in We lunched at Maxim’s.
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lunch

[lʌntʃ]lunched, lunching, lunches

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lunches[1970] lunching[336]
午餐(100%)
n.午餐
vt.吃午餐;供给午餐
vi.吃午餐;供给午餐

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