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Think of the last food of the day, eaten after the working part of it is over. That is the anchor: not a grand meal at a set hour, but the meal that closes the day — which is why the word can stretch all the way down to a small bite before bed.

可以想成一天最後吃的那一頓，是在忙完之後才吃的。重點不在豐盛、也不在幾點，而在「收尾」這個位置：它是把一天關上的那餐…更多收起可以想成一天最後吃的那一頓，是在忙完之後才吃的。重點不在豐盛、也不在幾點，而在「收尾」這個位置：它是把一天關上的那餐。正因為它站在一天的尾端，這個字才能一路縮小到睡前隨手吃的那一小口。

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。

suppernoun詞源 1/ˈsʌpə/

  • 1

    An optional light meal consumed shortly before going to bed.

    • There he stood, with admirable patience, […] longing to go to rest for hours past; aware that suppers disagreed with him […] so tired and longing for bed!
  • 2

    Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.

    • We normally have supper at 7.
  • 3

    slangA meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.

    • a fish supper
    • Roisin the savior paraded into the front room with three fish suppers, one sausage supper, one single fish, one single chips, a single sausage, a chicken and chips, and three curry and chips.

supperverb詞源 1/ˈsʌpə/

  • 1

    To consume a snack before going to bed.

  • 2

    To eat dinner.

  • 3

    To provide (a person or animal) with supper.

    • Horns in the night-season are heard a great way off, and in the winter-season were blown at every farmer’s house about eight at night when they suppered the horses and cows; […]
    • I went to supper up my horses, and heard somebody; […] After suppering the horses, I went into the house, and saw Stacey, who asked me if I had suppered the horses.

suppernoun詞源 2/ˈsʌpə/

  • 1

    A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).

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。