1DFMEALthe meal that you have in the early evening 晚饭,晚餐SYN dinner
Why don’t you come over for supper on Friday?
周五为什么不过来吃晚饭呢?
We had supper in a small Italian place.
我们在一家意大利小餐馆吃了晚饭。
Have you eaten supper?
你吃过晚饭了吗?
nFor supper we had spaghetti.
2.British EnglishBrE a very light meal, for example a drink and a piece of cake, that you have just before you go to bed 夜宵,消夜
Examples from the Corpus
supper• So after supper with the Miyako divers I went with Nina to check that he was all right.• After supper we watched a video.• At supper that night he tried to describe the experience to Kathy.• About three weeks after I moved in, she invited me around to her flat for supper one evening.• She was going to sell herself - she has sold herself by now - and would have sold me - for supper.• We boil the rice and eat it cold with milk for supper.• Dishy meals Whether you want inspiration for a light lunch or an impressivesupper, we can provide it.• After dark, I got under cover to cook my supper.• I had my supper and went to bed.• The suppers became a hugesuccess.
had supper• I, too, went across the street to the hotel and had supper.• They had supper by the fire, and went to bed.• Afterwards, we had supper in the restaurant which adjoins the piazza and shares the wonderfulview over Florence.• We had lunch the next day, talked until supper, and then had supper.
Originsupper
(1200-1300)Old Frenchsouper, from souper (verb); → SUP
ADJECTIVE | SUPPER + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤light簡單的晚餐▸➤cold, hot涼晚餐;熱騰騰的晚餐▸➤buffet (especially BrE) 自助晚餐▸➤early, late較早的/較晚的晚餐▸➤family家庭晚餐➤church, potluck (both NAmE) 教堂晚餐;(每人各帶一個菜的)百樂餐◇There'll be a potluck supper Sunday night at the church.星期日晚上在教堂有個百樂餐會。➤harvest (BrE) 慶豐收晚餐◇There was always a harvest supper for the farm workers.為農場工人準備慶豐收晚餐是一個慣例。➤fish, fish-and-chip, pie, etc. (BrE) 炸魚、炸魚加薯條、餡餅等晚餐SUPPER + NOUN➤dish晚餐菜肴◇It can also be eaten as a supper dish with a salad.這個加上色拉也可作為晚餐食用。➤table晚餐桌◇Nell cleared the supper table.內爾收拾了晚餐桌。PHRASES➤a bit of supper (BrE) 一點兒晚餐◇They invited me over for a bit of supper.他們請我到他們家吃了點兒晚飯。➡ note at meal(for verbs)