the first meal of the day 早餐；早饭 They were having breakfast when I arrived. 我到达时他们正在吃早饭。 She doesn't eat much breakfast. 她早饭吃得不多。 a big/hearty/light breakfast 量大的／丰盛的／量少的早餐 - (especially British English)
a cooked breakfast 热食早餐 - for breakfast
Do you want bacon and eggs for breakfast? 你早饭要吃熏咸肉和鸡蛋吗？ We had cereal for breakfast. 我们早餐吃了麦片。 a bowl of breakfast cereal 一碗早餐麦片 Julianne was sitting in the breakfast room, calmly sipping a cup of tea. 朱丽安坐在早餐室里，平静地啜饮着一杯茶。
Culture mealsmealsAmericans and British people generally eat three meals a day though the names vary according to people's lifestyles and where they live.The first meal of the day is breakfast. The traditional full English breakfast served in many British hotels may include fruit juice, cereal (= a food made from processed grains and eaten with milk), bacon and eggs, often with sausages and tomatoes, toast (= slices of bread cooked until they turn brown) and marmalade (= jam made with oranges and similar fruit), and tea or coffee. Few people have time to prepare a cooked breakfast at home and most have only cereal and/or toast with tea or coffee. Others buy coffee and a pastry on their way to work.The traditional American breakfast includes eggs, some kind of meat and toast. Eggs may be fried, ‘over easy’, ‘over hard’ or ‘sunny side up’, or boiled, poached, scrambled or in an omelette (= beaten together and fried). The meat may be bacon or sausage. People who do not have time for a large meal have toast or cereal and coffee. It is common for Americans to eat breakfast in a restaurant. On Saturday and Sunday many people eat brunch late in the morning. This consists of both breakfast and lunch dishes, including pancakes and waffles (= types of cooked batter) that are eaten with butter and maple syrup (= a sweet, sticky sauce produced from a type of maple tree).Lunch, which is eaten any time after midday, is the main meal of the day for some British people, though people out at work may have only sandwiches. Some people also refer to the midday meal as dinner. Most workers are allowed about an hour off work for it, called the lunch hour. Many schools offer a cooked lunch (school lunch or school dinner), though some students take a packed lunch of sandwiches, fruit, etc. Sunday lunch is special and is, for many families, the biggest meal of the week, consisting traditionally of roast meat and vegetables and a sweet course. In the US lunch is usually a quick meal, eaten around midday. Many workers have a half-hour break for lunch, and buy a sandwich from near their place of work. Business people may sometimes eat a larger lunch and use the time to discuss business.The main meal of the day for most people is the evening meal, called supper, tea or dinner. It is usually a cooked meal with meat or fish or a salad, followed by a sweet course. In Britain younger children may have tea when they get home from school. Tea, meaning a main meal for adults, is the word used in some parts of Britain, especially when the evening meal is eaten early. Dinner sounds more formal than supper, and guests generally receive invitations to ‘dinner’ rather than to ‘supper’. In the US the evening meal is called dinner and is usually eaten around 6 or 6.30 p.m. In many families, both in Britain and in the US, family members eat at different times and rarely sit down at the table together.Many people also eat snacks between meals. Most have tea or coffee in the middle of the morning, often called a coffee break. In Britain in the past this was sometimes also called elevenses. In the afternoon many British people have a tea break. Some hotels and cafes serve afternoon tea which consists of tea or coffee and a choice of sandwiches and cakes. When on holiday people sometimes have a cream tea of scones, jam and cream. In addition many people eat chocolate bars, biscuits (NAmE cookies) or crisps (NAmE chips). Some British people have a snack, sometimes called supper, consisting of a milk drink and a biscuit before they go to bed. In the US children often have milk and cookies after school.Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatinga1He's in the kitchen cooking us breakfast. 他在厨房给我们做早餐。 He treated his wife to breakfast in bed on her birthday. 妻子生日时，他服侍妻子在床上吃早餐。 Low-fat cheeses and yogurt are good breakfast foods. 低脂奶酪和酸奶是很好的早餐食品。 Would you clear away the breakfast things? 你来清理一下早餐用具好吗？ I always have a cooked breakfast. 我早餐一向吃热食。 I'm going to have a nice leisurely breakfast tomorrow. 我打算明天吃一顿美味的悠闲早餐。 She was sitting at the breakfast table, buttering her bread. 她坐在早餐桌旁，在面包上涂黄油。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- full
- good
- …
- cereal
- dishes
- things
- …
- breakfast in bed
Word Originlate Middle English: from the verb break + the verb fast.
Idioms
a dog’s breakfast/dinner
- (British English, informal)
a thing that has been done badly 乱七八糟；一团糟