plural lunches
plural lunches
Learner's definition of LUNCH
: a light meal eaten in the middle of the day午餐 [count]
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I like to eat/have a healthy lunch every day.我喜欢每天都吃健康的午餐。
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a company lunch [=luncheon]公司的午宴
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We took a picnic lunch to the park.中午我们在公园里吃了野餐。
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They've brought their own lunches with them.他们自己带了午餐。
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We discussed the idea over a working/business lunch. [=a lunch during which people talk about business matters]我们在吃工作午餐时讨论了这个想法。
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What's for lunch?午餐吃什么？
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I had/ate just a sandwich for lunch.我午餐只吃了个三明治。
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Where do you want to go for lunch? = Where do you want to eat/have lunch?你打算去哪吃午餐？
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I bought her some lunch.我给她买了些午餐。
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She often sits alone at lunch. [=while eating lunch]她吃午餐时总一个人坐。
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We discussed the idea over lunch. [=during lunch; while eating lunch]我们在吃午餐时讨论了这个想法。
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I offered to take her out to lunch. [=to take her to a restaurant for lunch]我请她到外面去吃午餐。
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lunch hour [=the time when the people in a school or company eat lunch]午餐时间
◊ When people do lunch they have lunch together. This is an informal phrase that is often associated with people in business.（常为生意人之间的非正式短语）共进午餐
eat/have someone or something for lunch
US, informal or eat someone's or something's lunch
: to defeat someone or something very badly大败，狠狠打败（某人或某事物）
no free lunch
◊ The expression there is no free lunch or there is no such thing as a free lunch means that it is not possible to get something that is desired or valuable without having to pay for it in some way.没有免费的午餐；没有不劳而获的事
out to lunch
informal
: not aware of what is really happening : too strange or confused to notice or understand what is really happening茫然不知的；糊涂的 2 lunch /ˈlʌntʃ/ verb
lunches; lunched; lunching
lunches; lunched; lunching
Learner's definition of LUNCH
[no object]
— luncher
noun, plural lunchers [count]