- a meal eaten in the middle of the day, typically one that is lighter or less formal than an evening meal午餐：
a light lunch
简单的午餐
mass noun do join us for lunch.跟我们一起吃午餐吧。
no obj. , with adverbial
1- eat lunch吃午餐：
he told his wife he was lunching with a client.
他告诉妻子他在跟一名客户吃午餐。
1.1
- with obj. take (someone) out for lunch请（人）吃午餐：
public relations people lunch their clients there.
公关部的人在那里请客人吃午餐。
短语
do lunch
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. meet for lunch〈非正式, 主北美〉一起吃午餐。
out to lunch
- informal temporarily not in command of one's mental faculties〈非正式〉一时间无法定神思考的, 心不在焉的。
there's no such thing as a free lunch
- proverb it isn't possible to get something for nothing〈谚〉天下没有免费的午餐。
派生词
luncher
noun词源
early 19th cent.: abbreviation of LUNCHEON.