dinner

noun

1. （中午或晚上吃的）正餐，主餐
   the main meal of the day, eaten either in the middle of the day or in the evening
   1. It's time for dinner.
      该吃饭了。
   2. When do you have dinner ?
      你什么时间吃主餐？
   3. What time do you serve dinner?
      你们什么时候供应主餐？
   4. Let's invite them to dinner tomorrow.
      我们明天请他们吃饭吧。
   5. What shall we have for dinner tonight?
      我们今晚吃什么？
   6. It's your turn to cook dinner.
      该你做饭了。
   7. She didn't eat much dinner.
      她没吃多少饭。
   8. I never eat a big dinner.
      我向来饭量不大。
   9. Christmas dinner
      圣诞大餐
   10. a three-course dinner
       三道菜的正餐
   11. I'd like to take you out to dinner tonight.
       今天晚上我想带你出去吃饭。
   12. school dinners (= meals provided at school in the middle of the day)
       学校午餐
2. 宴会
   a large formal social gathering at which dinner is eaten
   1. The club's annual dinner will be held on 3 June.
      俱乐部一年一度的宴会将于6月3日举行。

1. See also: She invited us to her house for dinner... Would you like to stay and have dinner?... Enjoy your dinner. ...four-course dinners. TV dinner
2. 午餐;午饭
   Any meal you eat in the middle of the day can be referred to as dinner .
3. N-COUNT 晚宴;宴会
   A dinner is a formal social event at which a meal is served. It is held in the evening.
   1. ...a series of official lunches and dinners...
      一系列的正式午餐和晚宴
   2. The Professional Cricketers' Association held its annual dinner in London.
      职业板球运动员协会在伦敦举办了自己的年度宴会。

1. By the time we got back from dinner, Nona was already in bed
   我们吃完饭回来时，诺娜已经睡下了。
2. Nina and Mary were in the kitchen, cleaning up after dinner.
   吃过晚饭，尼娜和玛丽在厨房里收拾。
3. During dinner the confusion was cleared up: they had mistaken me for Kenny.
   吃晚饭时疑惑消除了：原来他们把我当成肯尼了。
4. Your dinner's getting cold.
   你的饭快凉了。
5. The evening concluded with dinner and speeches
   这个夜晚在宴会和讲话中结束。
6. I have to go and cook the dinner
   我得去做饭了。
7. She invited us to her house for dinner
   她请我们去她家吃晚餐。
8. Would you like to stay and have dinner?
   你留下来一起吃饭好吗？
9. Enjoy your dinner.
   请慢慢享用您的晚餐。
10. The Professional Cricketers 'Association held its annual dinner in London.
    职业板球运动员协会在伦敦举办了自己的年度宴会。
11. He'd cooked dinner and washed the dishes.
    他做了饭，还洗了碗。
12. Isn't dinner ready? I'm famished.
    饭好了吗？我都饿坏了。
13. I gave a dinner party for a few close friends
    我为几个密友办了晚宴。
14. We went to dinner the following Monday evening
    接下来那个周一的晚上，我们一起去吃了晚餐。
15. How would you like to have dinner one night?
    哪天晚上和我一起吃饭好吗？
16. 'Thank you for the wonderful dinner.' — 'It's nothing,' Sarah said
    “谢谢你招待了这么美味的晚餐。”——“这没什么，”萨拉说。
17. Accommodation is free — all you pay for is breakfast and dinner
    住宿免费——你只需付早餐和正餐的钱。
18. Phone him up and tell him to come and have dinner with you one night.
    给他打电话，告诉他哪天晚上过来和你一起吃饭。
19. I'm afraid I made a pig of myself at dinner.
    恐怕我晚餐时吃得太多了。
20. We had dinner in the hotel's restaurant.
    我们在这家宾馆的餐厅吃了晚饭。
21. Myra Cunningham sent me a note thanking me for dinner
    迈拉·坎宁安给我寄了张便笺感谢我招待的晚餐。
22. He took a bath and shaved before dinner
    晚餐前他洗了澡，刮了脸。
23. I think I'll have a shower before dinner
    我想晚餐前洗个淋浴。
24. He ate a simple dinner of rice and beans.
    他晚饭简单地吃了点米饭和豆子。
25. In the evening we spruced ourselves up a bit and went out for dinner.
    到了晚上，我们稍微收拾打扮了一番，然后出去吃晚餐。
26. She had agreed to have dinner with him in town the following weekend
    她答应下一个周末和他在城里共进晚餐。
27. Please come back to dinner this evening as early as possible.
    请今晚上尽可能早点儿回来吃晚饭。
28. I declined his invitation to dinner.
    他要请我吃饭，我推却了。
29. It'll be too late to start preparing dinner when the guests have arrived.
    客人到了旋做，就来不及了。

  dinner banquet feast【导航词义：宴会】

  dinner n. 主餐；晚宴

〔辨析〕指中午或晚上吃的正餐，也常指为庆祝某事而举行的正式晚宴。

  banquet n. 宴会，盛宴

〔辨析〕通常有多人参加、为某一特殊时刻而举行的正式宴会。

  feast n. 宴会，盛筵

〔辨析〕指宴席或酒席，没有 banquet 正式，强调出席宴会之人共享欢乐的气氛。

n.

a dog's breakfast/dinner

• 乱七八糟；一团糟
  a thing that has been done badly
  1. He's made a real dog's breakfast of these accounts.
     他把这些账目简直搞得一塌糊涂。

done like a dinner

• 彻底被打败；一败涂地
  completely defeated

noun

1. the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
   1. dinner will be at 8
   2. on Sundays they had a large dinner when they returned from church

2. a party of people assembled to have dinner together
   1. guests should never be late to a dinner party

   Synonym:    dinner party