supper是什么意思？

supper

英[ˈsʌpə(r)] 美[ˈsʌpɚ]

• n. 晚饭，晚餐，夜点心，晚餐会；

复数：suppers;

例句

• Exhausted by their exploits that day the two boys had supper and fell asleep, dead to the world. 那天这两个男孩的英勇行为使他们疲惫不堪, 他们吃完晚饭倒头就睡, 而且睡得很沉。
• Children, it's time to pick up and have supper. 孩子们, 该收拾吃晚饭了。
• When the bell for supper rang, all the students made for the dining room. 晚饭铃响了, 学生们都涌向餐厅。
• Having arrived unannounced for supper, we had to take potluck. 由于没有提前通知我们要来吃晚饭，我们只能吃些家常便饭。
• Today, I texted my boyfriend to see if he wanted to finally have supper today. 今天，我发短信给我的男友，问他到底想不想一起吃晚饭。
• I had a wonderful supper yesterday. 昨天我吃了一顿很棒的晚饭。
• He is at supper. 他正在吃晚饭。
• She made supper from leftovers she had thrown together. 她用吃剩的食物拼凑成一顿晚饭。
• On summer evenings we often have supper in the garden. 夏季的晚上, 我们常常在花园里吃饭。
• He eats a big supper. 他晚饭吃得很多。

同义词

• n.
  supper的同义词之：晚餐,正餐,茶点
  dinner, buffet, repast, meal, evening, refection, collation, TV,

词组

• sing for one's supper
  earn a favour or benefit by providing a service in return 通过提供服务赢得帮助或好处

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  晚餐;晚饭
  Some people refer to the main meal eaten in the early part of the evening as supper .
  例句
  Some guests like to dress for supper. 一些客人喜欢穿礼服去赴晚宴。Y See Usage Note at meal. 见 meal 的用法说明
• N-VAR
  夜宵;宵夜
  Supper is a simple meal eaten just before you go to bed at night.
  例句
  She gives the children their supper, then puts them to bed. 她让孩子们吃了点夜宵，然后让他们上床睡觉。
• PHRASE
  打点;疏通
  If someone has to sing for their supper, they have to do a job before they are allowed to do something they want to do.
  例句
  They would have to 'sing for their supper' during the exhausting official round of duties. 他们不得不在那些耗人精力的官方手续的办理过程中进行疏通。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  晚饭, 晚餐；夜宵
  He is at supper. 他正在吃晚饭。 I had a wonderful supper yesterday. 昨天我吃了一顿很棒的晚饭。 The hotel is famous for its suppers. 那个酒店以晚餐而著称。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
  2. a social gathering where a light evening meal is served;
  "her suppers often included celebrities"