lunch
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++lunch1 /lʌntʃ/ ●●● S1 W2 noun [countable, uncountable] 1 DFa meal eaten in the middle of the day 午餐 What’s for lunch? 午饭吃什么？n I've just had lunch with John.at lunch I’m afraid he’s at lunch until two. 他去吃午饭了，恐怕得到两点钟才回来。over lunch A dozen senators met over lunch with the Chinese ambassador. 十几名参议员在午餐会上和中国大使会面。n GRAMMAR: Patterns with lunchfor lunch• You eat something for lunch: I had chicken for lunch. ✗Don’t say: I had chicken on lunch. | I had chicken at lunch.at lunch• You use at lunch to talk about something that happens while you are eating lunch: We can talk about it at lunch.• You also use at lunch to say that someone has gone somewhere else to eat lunch: I went to see her, but she was at lunch.2. there’s no (such thing as a) free lunch used to say that you cannot get anything without working for it or paying for it 天底下没有免费的午餐〔用于表示不付出就得不到任何东西〕3. out to lunch informalCRAZY behaving or talking in a strange or crazy way 举止[言谈]有点失常 COLLOCATIONSverbshave lunch 吃午餐Have you had lunch? 你吃过午饭了吗？eat lunch 吃午餐What time do you usually eat lunch? 你通常几点吃午餐？have something for lunch 午餐吃某物I usually have sandwiches for lunch. 我午饭通常吃三明治。take somebody (out) to lunch (=pay for someone else's lunch when you go to a restaurant) 请某人出去吃午餐nHe took her out for lunch at a local pub.go out for/to lunch (=have lunch at a restaurant) 出去吃午餐nI don't often go out to lunch, as it's expensive.come for/to lunch (=come to someone's house for lunch) 来吃午餐nCan you come to lunch tomorrow?break for lunch (=stop doing something in order to eat lunch) 休息一下去吃午餐nWhy don't we break for lunch about 1 o'clock?make lunch 做午餐nYou clear the table while I make lunch.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + luncha light lunch (=a small lunch) 简便午餐After a light lunch, he would take a nap each afternoon. 每天下午，他吃过简单的午饭后都会小睡一会儿。a packed lunch British English, a bag/sack lunch American English (=food such as sandwiches that you take to school etc) 盒装午餐，自备午餐Most of the children had brought packed lunches. 大多数孩子都带了盒装午餐。a business/working lunch (=a lunch during which you also do business) 商务/工作午餐nShe was having a business lunch with a customer.a school lunch (=a lunch provided by a school) 学校午餐nFree school lunches are provided for the poorest children.Sunday lunch British English (=a hot lunch eaten on Sunday) 星期天午餐nMum always cooks a chicken for Sunday lunch.lunch + NOUNa lunch break (=a time when you stop working to eat lunch) 午餐休息时间We took a half hour lunch break. 我们午餐时休息了半个钟头。the lunch hour (=the time when people stop working to eat lunch) 午餐时间I try to go out for a walk during my lunch hour. 我尽量在午餐时间出去走走。a lunch date (=when you meet someone for lunch) 午餐约会nI've got a lunch date.
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lunch• At a lunch in his honour, friends and former rivals gathered to pay him tribute.• The muscle work comes after breakfast, then again after lunch and a nap.• See you after lunch.• After lunch he fared better returning a 76, taking only 35 shots on the inward nine.• They were each allowed a glass of wine at lunch, and from my experience, smoking was compulsory.• We had an early lunch and spent the afternoon shopping.• Everybody else in the village was presumably either still eating lunch or else dozing.• At work we are allowed one hour for lunch.• Shall we have lunch before we go out?• We always have roast beef for Sunday lunch.• The next week, we had a full house at the lunch.• The lunch, at which numbers will be limited, will be open to all members and will feature an after-lunch speaker.lunch2 verb [intransitive] formal DFto eat lunch 吃午饭，用午餐lunch with I will be lunching with a client. 我要和一位客户一起用午餐。lunch on I lunched on bread and olives. 我午饭吃了面包和橄榄。lunch at/in We lunched at Maxim’s. 我们在马克西姆餐厅吃了午餐。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
lunch• You ask him to lunch at a posh restaurant.• We often lunched together after her weekly consultation.• He had lunched with the Wellands, hoping afterward to carry off May for a walk iii the Park.• Shelley promises to lunch with them once she has got her things from the car.lunch at/in• They ate lunch in a shady restaurant and then Leary went back to his flower-hung villa.• She returned from lunch at ten to two in a happier frame of mind.• Arrangements are under way for the hosting of a lunch at the 1992 Autumn meeting in Dublin.• The tour includes lunch at the Grand Hotel and guests take a carriage ride on Mackinac Island.• The following morning, those friends rang to offer us Christmas lunch at their place with her sister and brother-in-law.From Longman Business Dictionarylunchlunch /lʌntʃ/ noun [countable]1a meal eaten in the middle of the dayfacilities for conferences and private business lunches (=when business people go to lunch to discuss things or entertain customers)He has working lunches (=when you discuss business and eat) with his team to develop their approach.It is important that the office is manned during thelunch hour (=the time when people eat lunch).2there’s no such thing as a free lunch informal used to say that something may seem free, but that you have to pay for it in the end3three-martini lunch informal a lunch that is supposed to be a working lunch, but where people enjoy themselves too much to do any workOrigin lunch1 (1800-1900) luncheonlunch1 noun →n GRAMMAR1 →COLLOCATIONS1lunch2 verbLDOCE OnlineChinese
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lunch1 S1 W2 /lʌntʃ/ 
noun [uncountable and countable]
What’s for lunch?
I've just had lunch with John.
at lunch
I’m afraid he’s at lunch until two.
over lunch
A dozen senators met over lunch with the Chinese ambassador.
2. there’s no (such thing as a) free lunch used to say that you cannot get anything without working for it or paying for it
3. out to lunch informal behaving or talking in a strange or crazy way
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▪have lunch Have you had lunch?
▪eat lunch What time do you usually eat lunch?
▪have something for lunch I usually have sandwiches for lunch.
▪take somebody (out) to lunch (=pay for someone else's lunch when you go to a restaurant) He took her out for lunch at a local pub.
▪go out for/to lunch (=have lunch at a restaurant) I don't often go out to lunch, as it's expensive.
▪come for/to lunch (=come to someone's house for lunch) Can you come to lunch tomorrow?
▪break for lunch (=stop doing something in order to eat lunch) Why don't we break for lunch about 1 o'clock?
▪make lunch You clear the table while I make lunch.
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + lunch
▪a light lunch (=a small lunch) After a light lunch, he would take a nap each afternoon.
▪a packed lunch British English, a bag/sack lunch American English (=food such as sandwiches that you take to school etc) Most of the children had brought packed lunches.
▪a business/working lunch (=a lunch during which you also do business) She was having a business lunch with a customer.
▪a school lunch (=a lunch provided by a school) Free school lunches are provided for the poorest children.
▪Sunday lunch British English (=a hot lunch eaten on Sunday) Mum always cooks a chicken for Sunday lunch.
■ lunch + NOUN
▪a lunch break (=a time when you stop working to eat lunch) We took a half hour lunch break.
▪the lunch hour (=the time when people stop working to eat lunch) I try to go out for a walk during my lunch hour.
▪a lunch date (=when you meet someone for lunch) I've got a lunch date.
■ types of meal
▪breakfast a meal that you eat in the morning
▪brunch a meal that you eat in the late morning, instead of breakfast or lunch
▪lunch a meal that you eat in the middle of the day
▪tea British English a meal that you eat in the afternoon or evening
▪dinner the main meal of the day, which most people eat in the evening
▪supper a small meal that you eat in the evening, in British English; the main meal that you eat in the evening, in American English
▪picnic a meal that you eat outdoors, consisting of food that you cooked or prepared earlier
▪barbecue a meal that you cook outdoors over hot coals or wood and eat outdoors
▪snack a small amount of food that is eaten between main meals or instead of a meal
▪side dish food eaten with the main course, such as vegetables: I’ll have the salad as a side dish.
▪course one of the separate parts of a meal, such as the starter or the dessert: a three-course meal
lunch2 verb [intransitive] formal
to eat lunch
lunch with
I will be lunching with a client.
lunch on
I lunched on bread and olives.
lunch at/in
We lunched at Maxim’s.
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noun [uncountable and countable] Date: 1800-1900
Origin: luncheon
1. a meal eaten in the middle of the day:Origin: luncheon
at lunch
over lunch
2. there’s no (such thing as a) free lunch used to say that you cannot get anything without working for it or paying for it
3. out to lunch informal behaving or talking in a strange or crazy way
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verb [intransitive] formalto eat lunch
lunch with
lunch on
lunch at/in
Eating out 去餐馆吃饭
eat (lunch/dinner)/dine/meet at/in a restaurant在一家餐馆吃（午／晚）饭／进餐／碰面 go (out)/take sb (out) for lunch/dinner/a meal去／带某人去（外面）吃午饭／吃晚饭／用餐 have a meal with sb与某人一起吃饭 make/have a reservation (in/under the name of Yamada)（以山田的名字）预订座位 reserve/ ( especially
BrE book a table for six预订一张坐六人的桌子 ask for/request a table for two/a table by the window要一张两人桌／靠窗的桌子
In the restaurant 在餐馆
wait to be seated等待就座 show sb 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／窗边／吧台边／柜台边 hand sb/give sb the menu/wine list把菜单／酒水单递给某人 open/read/study/peruse the menu打开／看／仔细看菜单 the restaurant has a three-course set menu/a children's menu/an extensive wine list这餐馆有一个三道菜的套餐／儿童菜单／丰富的酒水单 taste/sample/try the wine品尝葡萄酒 the waiter takes your order服务生帮你点餐 order/choose/have the soup of the day/one of the specials/the house( speciality/BrE ( specialtyespecially
NAmE 点当日例汤／一道特色菜／餐馆特色菜 serve/finish the first course/the starter/the main course/dessert/coffee端上／吃完第一道菜／开胃菜／主菜／甜点；端上／喝完咖啡 complain about the food/the service/your meal抱怨食物／服务／饭菜不好 enjoy your meal享用饭菜
Paying 结账
pay/ask for ( the bill/especially
BrE ( the checkNAmE 付账；要求结账 pay for/treat sb to dinner/lunch/the meal付晚饭／午饭／饭钱；请某人吃晚饭／午饭／饭 service is (not) included 不含服务费 give sb/leave (sb) a tip给某人小费
People use the words dinner ,lunch ,supper andtea 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.来自不同英语国家的人使用 dinner、lunch、supper 和 tea 的方式各不相同。在英国，这些词的用法按某人来自的地区和社会阶层而有所区别。 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 calleddinner inBrE 午餐通常叫作 lunch，但在英式英语中，尤其在英国北部，如果是一天的主餐，亦可叫作 dinner。 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 thandinner and usually eaten at home. It can also be a late meal or something to eat and drink before going to bed.晚上的主餐，尤其是正式用餐，通常叫作 dinner。supper 亦为晚餐，但不如 dinner 正式，而且一般在家里吃，亦可指较晚的晚餐或睡前夜宵。 In BrE tea is a light meal in the afternoon with sandwiches, cakes, etc. and a cup of tea.在英式英语中，tea 指下午的茶点，包括三明治、糕点等和一杯茶 ：◆ a cream tea 奶油茶点 It can also be a main meal eaten early in the evening, especially by children. * 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? 孩子们什么时候用傍晚主餐？ 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 eveningtea orsupper . If they call the meal in the middle of the daylunch , they probably call the meal in the eveningdinner .一般说来，若午餐叫 dinner，晚餐则大多叫 tea 或 supper。如果午餐叫 lunch，晚餐则大多叫 dinner。 Brunch , a combination of breakfast and lunch, is becoming more common, especially as a meal where your guests serve themselves.* brunch 是早餐和午餐合二为一的早午餐，如今日趋普遍，尤为自助餐形式。
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