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teatime

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++tea·time /ˈtiːtaɪm/ noun [uncountable] British English  a time in the late afternoon or early evening when people have a meal 〔下午或傍晚的〕用茶点时间 John won’t be back until teatime. 约翰要到下午茶时间才会回来。
Examples from the Corpus
teatimeThe result looked like a misshapen, over-sized hamburger which we ate at teatime, and all agreed was absolutely delicious.Do you spend quality time with your youngsters at teatime, read to them, play with them?By teatime, Landless was well pleased with his day's work and the careful planning which had gone into it.And by the time she returned it would be six or six thirty. Teatime!
tea·time nounChineseSyllable
afternoon late the time or in Corpus a early


teatime
teatime /ˈtiːtaɪm/ noun [uncountable] British English
a time in the late afternoon or early evening when people have a meal:
    John won’t be back until teatime.


tea·timeBrE /ˈtiːtaɪm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtiːtaɪm/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (BrE) the time during the afternoon or early evening when people have the meal called tea (下午或傍晚的)茶点时间