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dinner n.晚餐；晚宴；主餐 (1) 该吃晚饭了。(2) 现在轮到他请我吃一顿丰盛的晚餐了。(3) 我们邀请她和我们一起吃感恩节晚餐。(4) 因为我丈夫去参加一个只许男人参加的宴会，我只好独自待在家里。(5) 告诉客人们晚宴不要穿得太正式。(6) 晚宴已进行了将近一个小时。(7) 这是一次社会名流筹措资金的晚宴。(8) 他们正在用餐。 If you skipped breakfast and lunch, then you probably can't wait for dinner: you must be starving! Dinner has always been the main meal, but it used to be served in the middle of the day and supper was last. Now that dinner is in the evening, too, supper and dinner are almost the same thing in the United States — you might go to a dinner in honor of someone, but not a supper, which wouldn't be as fancy.

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英 ['dɪnə(r)] 美 ['dɪnər] (1) It's time for dinner.(2) It is now his turn to set me up to a nice dinner.(3) We invite her to have Thanksgiving dinner with us.(4) Because my husband has gone to a stag dinner, I have to stay at home alone.(5) Tell the guests not to dress for dinner.(6) Almost an hour has passed since the dinner started.(7) This is a celebrity fundraising dinner.(8) They're at dinner. Dinner — also called supper — is the third meal of the day. It's the main meal, the one families often try to have together at the end of the day. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]See also:TV dinner；正餐；主餐；晚餐 Dinner is the main meal of the day, usually served in the early part of the evening. She invited us to her house for dinner...她请我们去她家吃晚餐。Would you like to stay and have dinner?...你留下来一起吃饭好吗？Enjoy your dinner.请慢慢享用您的晚餐。...four-course dinners.包括四道菜的正餐2[N-VAR 可变名词]午餐；午饭 Any meal you eat in the middle of the day can be referred to as dinner . →see usage note at:meal3[N-COUNT 可数名词]晚宴；宴会 A dinner is a formal social event at which a meal is served. It is held in the evening. ...a series of official lunches and dinners...一系列的正式午餐和晚宴The Professional Cricketers' Association held its annual dinner in London.职业板球运动员协会在伦敦举办了自己的年度宴会。

英语单词	dinner
英美音标	英 ['dɪnə(r)] 美 ['dɪnər]
中文释义	n.晚餐；晚宴；主餐
英语例句	(1) It's time for dinner. (2) It is now his turn to set me up to a nice dinner. (3) We invite her to have Thanksgiving dinner with us. (4) Because my husband has gone to a stag dinner, I have to stay at home alone. (5) Tell the guests not to dress for dinner. (6) Almost an hour has passed since the dinner started. (7) This is a celebrity fundraising dinner. (8) They're at dinner.
中文例句	(1) 该吃晚饭了。 (2) 现在轮到他请我吃一顿丰盛的晚餐了。 (3) 我们邀请她和我们一起吃感恩节晚餐。 (4) 因为我丈夫去参加一个只许男人参加的宴会，我只好独自待在家里。 (5) 告诉客人们晚宴不要穿得太正式。 (6) 晚宴已进行了将近一个小时。 (7) 这是一次社会名流筹措资金的晚宴。 (8) 他们正在用餐。
vocabulary简明	Dinner — also called supper — is the third meal of the day. It's the main meal, the one families often try to have together at the end of the day.
vocabulary扩展	If you skipped breakfast and lunch, then you probably can't wait for dinner: you must be starving! Dinner has always been the main meal, but it used to be served in the middle of the day and supper was last. Now that dinner is in the evening, too, supper and dinner are almost the same thing in the United States — you might go to a dinner in honor of someone, but not a supper, which wouldn't be as fancy.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]See also:TV dinner ；正餐；主餐；晚餐 Dinner is the main meal of the day, usually served in the early part of the evening. She invited us to her house for dinner... 她请我们去她家吃晚餐。 Would you like to stay and have dinner?... 你留下来一起吃饭好吗？ Enjoy your dinner. 请慢慢享用您的晚餐。 ...four-course dinners. 包括四道菜的正餐 2 [N-VAR 可变名词]午餐；午饭 Any meal you eat in the middle of the day can be referred to as dinner . →see usage note at:meal 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]晚宴；宴会 A dinner is a formal social event at which a meal is served. It is held in the evening. ...a series of official lunches and dinners... 一系列的正式午餐和晚宴 The Professional Cricketers' Association held its annual dinner in London. 职业板球运动员协会在伦敦举办了自己的年度宴会。

Dinner Meal Supper Main Stay Day Served Middle