dinner

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dinner基本意思是“正餐”,指一日間的主餐,有時在中午進餐,有時在晚間進餐。dinner引申可作“宴會”解,通常指大型宴會,也可指“小型家宴”,即請幾個朋友到家中聚餐,之后搞些活動,共度夜晚時光。
作為表示餐名的名詞, dinner可用作可數(shù)名詞,也可用作不可數(shù)名詞。其前通常不加冠詞,若有定語修飾時可加不定冠詞,特指某次正餐時還可加定冠詞(當然也可省略)。作“宴會”解時是可數(shù)名詞,其前可加冠詞。dinner之前有after, at, before, during, for等介詞時,通常不加冠詞。
dinner也可作“正餐那件事,正餐所上的飯菜”解,這時是可數(shù)名詞。
吃正餐可用動詞have, take或eat。

the main meal of the day, usually the meal you eat in the evening but sometimes, in Britain, the meal eaten in the middle of the day

Dinner is the main meal of the day, usually served in the early part of the evening.
Any meal you eat in the middle of the day can be referred to as dinner.
A dinner is a formal social event at which a meal is served. It is held in the evening.