dinner
US
UK dinner n: (evening meal)
SC 晚餐 wǎn cān
What's for dinner tonight?
今晚晚餐吃什么？
dinner n: UK (midday meal)
SC 午餐 wǔ cān
I prefer my daughter to have a hot dinner rather than take a packed lunch to school.
我希望女儿能吃上热腾腾的午餐而不是带着包好的便当去学校。
dinner n: (banquet)
SC 晚宴 wǎn yàn
They're holding a dinner in honour of the company's president.
他们正在为公司总裁举行庆功晚宴。
after-dinner adj: (speech, etc.: following dinner) (致辞、演讲等)
SC 餐后的
birthday dinner n: (meal to celebrate birthday)
SC 庆生宴，生日餐，生日宴
All the family turned up for our mother's birthday dinner.
Christmas dinner n: (festive meal)
SC 圣诞晚餐
dinner and a movie n: informal, US (entertainment: meal and cinema)
SC 晚餐电影
SC 边吃饭边看电影
Our first date was very traditional -- dinner and a movie.
dinner bell n: (signal: dinnertime)
SC 就餐铃（声） jiù cān líng （ shēng ）
SC 开饭锣（声） jiù cān líng （ shēng ），kāi fàn luó （ shēng ）
The maid rang the dinner bell to summon the guests to the dining room.
dinner fork n: (eating utensil)
SC 餐叉 cān chā
Dinner forks are always bigger than dessert forks.
餐叉总是比甜点叉更大。
dinner jacket n: (man's evening jacket)
SC 男子小礼服
Henry was wearing a dinner jacket and tie.
dinner knife n: (eating utensil)
SC 餐刀 cān dāo
My sister holds her dinner knife in her left hand.
我妹妹用左手拿餐刀。
dinner lady (UK), lunch lady (US) n: informal (woman who serves school food) (学校)
SC 食堂女服务员
dinner lady n: UK, informal (female: midday supervisor)
SC 监管学生用餐的女性
The dinner ladies at school never smiled.
dinner party n: (social gathering over evening meal)
SC 宴会 yàn huì
TC 宴會
TC 宴會
Hyacinth has invited the vicar and his wife to a dinner party.
海辛斯邀请了牧师夫妇参加宴会。
dinner-party n as adj: (relating to social dining event)
SC 晚宴聚会的
SC 晚宴聚会中的
She is an expert at polite dinner-party conversation.
dinner plate n: (large plate for main course)
SC 西餐用大盘 xī cān yòng dà pán
SC 盛主菜的大盘 xī cān yòng dà pán，chéng zhǔ cài de dà pán
Salad is served on a salad plate and the main course on a dinner plate.
dinner service n: (set of crockery and cutlery)
SC 成套的餐具 chéng tào de cān jù
The wedding gifts included a dinner service for twelve.
dinner table n: (table where meals are eaten)
SC 餐桌 cān zhuō
My mother always told me not to scratch myself at the dinner table.
dog's dinner, dog's breakfast n: UK, figurative, slang (mess, failure)
SC 大杂烩 dà zá huì
TC 大雜燴
TC 大雜燴
SC 糟糕的局面
eat dinner v expr: (have evening meal)
SC 吃晚饭 chī wǎn fàn
TC 吃晚飯
TC 吃晚飯
We usually eat dinner around 7 pm.
formal dinner n: (banquet, sophisticated meal)
SC 宴会 yàn huì
TC 宴會
TC 宴會
fundraising dinner, also UK: fund-raising dinner n: (charity banquet)
SC 慈善宴会 cí shàn yàn huì
TC 慈善宴會
TC 慈善宴會
SC 筹款宴会 cí shàn yàn huì，chóu kuǎn yàn huì
I need to sell as many tickets as possible for the charity's fundraising dinner.
have dinner vtr + n: (eat evening meal)
SC 吃晚饭 chī wǎn fàn
TC 吃晚飯
TC 吃晚飯
SC 吃晚餐 chī wǎn fàn，chī wǎn cān
I think the whole family should have dinner together at least once a week.
pot luck supper, potluck dinner, potluck party n: US (meal: guests bring food)
SC 自带食物的聚会 zì dài shí wù de jù huì
SC 会餐 zì dài shí wù de jù huì，huì cān
Joe brought grilled hotdogs to the potluck party, and I brought dessert.
rehearsal dinner n: US (celebratory pre-wedding meal)
SC 婚礼彩排晚宴
They held the rehearsal dinner at the bridegroom's family home.
roast dinner n: (meal of roasted meat and vegetables) (烤肉和烤蔬菜)
SC 烧烤大餐
school dinner n: (meal served at educational institution)
SC 学生餐
sit-down dinner n: (formal meal)
SC 正餐，正式宴会 zhèng cān
spoil [sth], spoil your dinner vtr: (appetite: ruin by eating [sth] else)
SC 影响胃口，破坏食欲
Don't let the children eat candy this afternoon; they'll spoil their dinner.
下午可别让孩子们吃糖果，不然他们会没胃口吃晚饭的。
TV dinner n: dated (ready meal)
SC 冷冻快餐
SC 方便熟食