- 1nB1
/ˈlʌntʃən/
a formal meal in the middle of the day, often for many people in a hotel or other public place.
午宴;午餐會
複數 luncheons
核心畫面
One way to picture it: a hotel ballroom at noon — round tables, name cards, a speaker at the front. It is still lunch, but with an occasion attached: people were invited, there is a reason for the meal, and someone will probably stand up and talk.
可以想成中午的飯店宴會廳:圓桌、名牌、前面站著一位講者。它還是午餐,只是多了「場合」——有人受邀、有主題,通常還會有…更多收起
可以想成中午的飯店宴會廳:圓桌、名牌、前面站著一位講者。它還是午餐,只是多了「場合」——有人受邀、有主題,通常還會有人上台講話。中文的「午宴」「午餐會」抓的就是這個感覺。原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
luncheonnoun/ˈlʌn.tʃən/
- 1
A formal meal served in the middle of the day.
- Most people thought the food at the luncheon was mediocre.
- Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.
- 2
A large, cheap, processed sausage served in thin slices.
- Ian bought the luncheon since it was on special.
- Filled Roll (x2) 1x luncheon, tomato, lettuce, and mayonnaise / 1x cheese and onion
- 3
datedAny midday meal; lunch.
- "Have you had luncheon?"
- 4
obsoleteA lump of food.
- 5
obsoleteA portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast.
- At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
luncheonverb/ˈlʌn.tʃən/
- 1
datedTo eat luncheon.
- In the meantime, while ladies are luncheoning on chicken pie, or coursing in whirling britskas, performing all the singular ceremonies of a London morning in the heart of the season[…]
- 2
rareTo serve luncheon to.
- Towns welcomed us in our hundreds; M.P.’s luncheoned us, manufacturers turned out their warehouses, decorated them and feasted us; private families tea’d us on their lawns, but we were so true to our art that we always returned to—“papers!”
- This gentleman was presented by Colonel C. E. S. Wood, and was entertained here—wined, dined, tead, breakfasted, coffeed and luncheoned—and we bought his pictures.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。