lunch
US
UK lunch n: (mid-day meal)
SC 午餐 wǔ cān
SC 午饭 wǔ cān，wǔ fàn
In the USA, people often eat lunch at around twelve thirty in the afternoon.
在美国，人们通常在中午十二点半左右吃午餐。
lunch vi: (to eat lunch)
SC 吃午餐 chī wǔ cān
Let's lunch at the Indian restaurant today.
今天我们去那家印度餐厅吃午餐吧。
lunch n: (luncheon)
SC 午宴 wǔ yàn
SC （比较正式的）午餐 wǔ yàn，bǐ jiào zhèng shì de wǔ cān
We invited his parents to a formal lunch.
我们邀请他父母参加一场正式的午餐宴。
lunch [sb] vtr: (provide lunch)
SC 给…提供午餐 gěi tí gōng wǔ cān
They lunched us as if we were royalty.
他们给我们提供的午餐如同皇膳。
business lunch n: (talking business while eating)
SC 商务午餐，工作午餐
Fast service and a quiet atmosphere made it a popular place for business lunches.
dinner lady (UK), lunch lady (US) n: informal (woman who serves school food) (学校)
SC 食堂女服务员
eat lunch v expr: (have midday meal)
SC 吃午饭 chī wǔ fàn
TC 吃午飯
TC 吃午飯
I usually eat lunch at 1p.m.
free lunch n: (food provided to attract customers)
SC 免费供餐
SC 免费餐点
free lunch n: figurative ([sth] given with no expectations) (比喻)
SC 免费午餐
SC 天上掉馅饼
go out for lunch v expr: (eat lunch at a restaurant)
SC 出去吃午饭 chū qù chī wǔ fàn
To celebrate your birthday let's all go out for lunch.
have lunch v expr: (eat midday meal)
SC 吃午饭 chī wǔ fàn
TC 吃午飯
TC 吃午飯
SC 吃午餐 chī wǔ fàn，chī wǔ cān
Let's go and have our lunch at that newly opened restaurant. Should we have lunch before the meeting?
我们去那家新开的餐馆吃午饭吧。我们应该在会议前吃午饭么？
lunch bag n: (sack or case for a packed lunch)
SC 午餐袋
SC 便当盒
lunch box, lunchbox n: (container for a packed lunch)
SC 午餐盒 wǔ cān hé
I put a sandwich in my lunch box, ready for lunch later that day.
lunch box, lunchbox n: UK, figurative, slang (man's crotch area)
SC 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, lunchbreak n: (pause for midday meal)
SC 午休 wǔ xiū
SC 午餐时间 wǔ xiū，wǔ cān shí jiān
TC 午餐時間
TC 午餐時間
During my lunch break I often go to the tearoom next door for a sandwich.
I get a half-hour unpaid lunch break.
lunch counter n: (inexpensive restaurant)
SC 平价餐厅
SC 便餐厅
lunch counter n: (counter in store selling snacks)
SC 点心柜台
SC 零食柜台
lunch hour n: (pause from work to eat midday meal)
SC 午餐时间 wǔ cān shí jiān
TC 午餐時間
TC 午餐時間
I take my lunch hour between noon and one o'clock.
lunch meat n: (cooked sliced meat)
SC 午餐肉
Lunch meats are used as fillings for sandwiches.
lunch time, lunchtime n: (hour when midday meal is eaten)
SC 午餐时间 wǔ cān shí jiān
TC 午餐時間
TC 午餐時間
Why are you all looking so glum? - it'll soon be lunch time!
out to lunch expr: (out of the office)
SC 外出就餐，不在办公室
out to lunch expr: figurative, informal (mentally absent)
SC 神志不清的，疯狂的 fēng kuáng de
TC 瘋狂的
TC 瘋狂的
packed lunch n: (box or bag of food for midday meal)
SC 盒装午餐
SC 自带午餐
SC 打包午餐
There is no such thing as a free lunch expr: (Everything has a cost)
SC 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.