dinner : n. 正餐,宴会
(1) dinner指一天中的主餐,在英美“上等”人家通常在晚上用;“中、下等”人家通常在中午用。
(2) dinner也常指正式的宴会。
We gave a dinner in honour of our foreign guests. 我们设宴款待外宾。
(3) dinner有时指“正餐那件事”,有时指“正餐吃的东西。”如:
They went out for a walk after dinner. 他们晚饭后出去散步。
We can get a good dinner at this restaurant. 我们可在这家餐馆大吃一顿。
(4) “进餐”,说take dinner, have dinner, eat dinner都可以。
(5) at dinner, to dinner, before dinner, after dinner等词组中不用冠词。