a meal eaten in the middle of the day 午餐；午飯 She's gone to lunch. 她吃午飯去了。 I'm ready for some lunch. 我想吃點午飯了。 I always eat/have lunch at my desk. 我總是在辦公桌前吃午飯。 - for lunch
What shall we have for lunch? 我們午餐吃什麽？ - over lunch
Lopez suggested they meet over lunch (= at or during lunchtime). 洛佩茲建議他們午飯時見面。 We serve hot and cold lunches. 我們供應冷熱午餐。 a one-hour lunch break 一小時午餐時間 Let's do lunch (= have lunch together). 咱們共進午餐吧。 Christmas/Sunday lunch 聖誕節/周日午餐 a picnic/buffet lunch 野餐/自助午餐 We had a pub lunch (= lunch in a pub). 她的新教練許諾將她培養成奧運選手。
Collocations RestaurantsRestaurants 餐館 Eating out 去餐館吃飯 - eat (lunch/dinner)/dine/meet at/in a restaurant
在一家餐館吃（午／晚）飯／進餐／碰面 - go (out)/take somebody (out) for lunch/dinner/a meal
去／帶某人去（外面）吃午飯／吃晚飯／用餐 - have a meal with somebody
與某人一起吃飯 - make/have a reservation (in/under the name of Yamada)
（以山田的名字）預訂座位 - reserve/ (especially British English) book a table for six
預訂一張坐六人的桌子 - ask for/request a table for two/a table by the window
要一張兩人桌／靠窗的桌子
In the restaurant 在餐館 - wait to be seated
等待就座 - show somebody to their table
把某人引到桌旁 - sit in the corner/by the window/at the bar/at the counter
坐在角落／窗邊／吧台邊／櫃台邊 - hand somebody/give somebody the menu/wine list
把菜單／酒水單遞給某人 - open/read/study/peruse the menu
打開／看／仔細看菜單 - the restaurant has a three-course set menu/a children’s menu/an extensive wine list
這餐館有一個三道菜的套餐／兒童菜單／豐富的酒水單 - taste/sample/try the wine
品嘗葡萄酒 - the waiter takes your order
服務生幫你點餐 - order/choose/have the soup of the day/one of the specials/the house (British English) speciality/(especially North American English) specialty
點當日例湯／一道特色菜／餐館特色菜 - serve/finish the first course/the starter/the main course/dessert/coffee
端上／吃完第一道菜／開胃菜／主菜／甜點；端上／喝完咖啡 - complain about the food/the service/your meal
抱怨食物／服務／飯菜不好 - enjoy your meal
享用飯菜
Paying 結賬 - pay/ask for (especially British English) the bill/(North American English) the check
付賬；要求結賬 - pay for/treat somebody to dinner/lunch/the meal
付晚飯／午飯／飯錢；請某人吃晚飯／午飯／飯 - service is (not) included
不含服務費 - give somebody/leave (somebody) a tip
給某人小費
More About mealsmeals- People use the words dinner, lunch, supper and tea in different ways depending on which English-speaking country they come from. In Britain it may also depend on which part of the country or which social class a person comes from.
- A meal eaten in the middle of the day is usually called lunch. If it is the main meal of the day it may also be called dinner in British English, especially in the north of the country and in schools:
I make sure my kids have a hot school dinner, not just a packed lunch. 我確保我的孩子們有一頓熱騰騰的學校晚餐，而不僅僅是一頓打包的午餐。
- A main meal eaten in the evening is usually called dinner, especially if it is a formal meal. Supper is also an evening meal, but more informal than dinner and usually eaten at home. It can also be a late meal or something to eat and drink before going to bed.
- In British English, tea is a light meal in the afternoon with sandwiches, cakes, etc. and a cup of tea:
a cream tea. 奶油茶點
tea 亦可指傍晚主餐，尤指孩子傍晚食用的： What time do the kids have their tea? 孩子們什麽時候用傍晚主餐？
- As a general rule, if dinner is the word someone uses for the meal in the middle of the day, they probably call the meal in the evening tea or supper. If they call the meal in the middle of the day lunch, they probably call the meal in the evening dinner.
一般說來，若午餐叫 dinner，晚餐則大多叫 tea 或 supper。如果午餐叫 lunch，晚餐則大多叫 dinner。 - Brunch, a combination of breakfast and lunch, is becoming more common, especially as a meal where your guests serve themselves.
brunch 是早餐和午餐合二爲一的早午餐，如今日趨普遍，尤爲自助餐形式。
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.see also bag lunch, box lunch, packed lunch, ploughman’s lunchExtra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatinga1Come and have a spot of lunch with me. 來和我一起吃點兒午飯吧。 Do you want to grab some lunch? 你想吃點兒午飯嗎？ I helped wash up the lunch things. 我幫忙清洗了午餐餐具。 She fixed lunch for the whole family. 她給全家準備了午飯。 The lunch crowd was filtering in slowly. 來吃午餐的人慢慢多了起來。 The restaurant offers a £20 set lunch. 這家餐館供應 20 英鎊一份的午飯套餐。 The society's annual lunch will be held next Wednesday. 這個社團的年度午餐聚會將在下周三舉行。 The tour includes a lunch stop. 旅行中有一次午餐暫歇。 We went for a sandwich lunch at the local bar. 我們到當地的小吃店吃了三明治午餐。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cold
- hot
- delicious
- …
- eat
- get
- grab
- …
- appointment
- date
- meeting
- …
- a spot of lunch
Word Originearly 19th cent.: abbreviation of luncheon.
Idioms
out to lunch
- (especially North American English, informal)
behaving in a strange or confused way 行爲怪異；心不在焉
there’s no such thing as a free lunch
- (informal)
used to say that it is not possible to get something for nothing （表示白得東西是不可能的）沒有免費的午餐