| 复合形式： |
dinner lady (UK),
lunch lady (US) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | informal (woman who serves school food) (学校) | 食堂女服务员
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| eat lunch v | (have midday meal) | 吃午饭
chī wǔ fàn |
| | I usually eat lunch at 1p.m. |
| go out for lunch viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (eat lunch at a restaurant) | 出去吃午饭
chū qù chī wǔ fàn |
| | To celebrate your birthday let's all go out for lunch. |
| have lunch v | (eat midday meal) | 吃午饭
chī wǔ fàn |
| | | 吃午餐
chī wǔ cān |
| | Lets go and have our lunch at that newly opened restaurant. |
| lunch bag nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (sack or case for a packed lunch) | 午餐袋
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| | | 便当盒
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lunch box,
lunchbox nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | literal (container for a packed lunch) (本义) | 午餐盒
wǔ cān hé |
| | I put a sandwich in my lunch box, ready for lunch later that day. |
lunch box,
lunchbox nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | UK, slang, figurative (man's crotch area) (英国俚语，比喻) | 男性生殖器
nán xìng shēng zhí qì |
| | Stop sticking your lunchbox in my face while I'm trying to read! |
| lunch break nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (pause from work to eat midday meal) | 午休
wǔ xiū |
| | | 午餐时间
wǔ cān shí jiān |
| | During my lunch break I often go to the tearoom next door for a sandwich. |
| lunch hour nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (pause from work to eat midday meal) | 午餐时间
wǔ cān shí jiān |
| | I take my lunch hour between noon and one o'clock. |
lunch time,
lunchtime nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (hour when midday meal is eaten) | 午餐时间
wǔ cān shí jiān |
| 备注: single-word form used when term is an adj |
| | Why are you all looking so glum? - it'll soon be lunch time! |
| packed lunch nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (box or bag of food for midday meal) | 盒装午餐
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| | | 自带午餐
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| | | 打包午餐
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| There is no such thing as a free lunch exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (Everything has a cost) | 天下没有免费的午餐
tiān xià méi yǒu miǎn fèi de wǔ cān |
| | I had to pay taxes on the free gift. Well, there's no such thing as a free lunch. |