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table manners

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈtable ˌmanners noun [plural]  POLITEthe way in which someone eats their food – used when considering how socially acceptable it is 进餐礼仪,餐桌规矩 Their children have very good table manners. 他们的孩子进餐礼仪很好。
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table mannersSince dress, gait and table manners instantly distinguish social rank, all over the world, why not speech as well?Good table manners, I submit, are largely overrated.Perdita thought, to take an example at random, that things like table manners were a stupid and repressive idea.Are they conventional rules that we learn as we learn, say, table manners?Their table manners perfectly reflect the slovenly appearance.
ˈtable ˌmanners nounChineseSyllable
someone their eats Corpus which food in the way


table manners
ˈtable ˌmanners noun [plural]
the way in which someone eats their food – used when considering how socially acceptable it is:
    Their children have very good table manners.


table mannersBrE /ˈteɪbl mænəz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈteɪbl mænərz/ 🔊 noun [plural] the behaviour that is considered correct while you are having a meal at a table with other people 餐桌规矩;进餐礼节