break·fast /ˈbrekfəst/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countableC, uncountableU] DFMEALthe meal you have in the morning 早餐,早饭 We had bacon and eggs for breakfast. 我们早餐吃了熏肉鸡蛋。
I never eat breakfast. 我从来不吃早饭。
After a hearty breakfast (=large breakfast), we set out for a hike. 我们吃了一顿丰盛的早餐,然后出发去远足了。
a light breakfast (=small breakfast) 简单的早餐
a working breakfast (=a breakfast at which you talk about business) 工作早餐
—breakfast verb [intransitiveI]
→ bed and breakfast, continental breakfast, English breakfast, → wedding breakfast at wedding(1), → make a dog’s breakfast of something at dog1(8)n COLLOCATIONSverbshave/eat breakfastPaul got up, washed and had breakfast.
have something for breakfastWhat do you usually have for breakfast?
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + breakfast a big breakfastMost people don’t eat a big breakfast nowadays.
a good/proper breakfast (=big and healthy)I think kids need a good breakfast before they go to school.
a hearty breakfast written (=big)The price includes a hearty breakfast.
a small/light breakfastShe ate a light breakfast of toast and coffee.
an English/a full breakfast (=a big breakfast with bacon, egg, toast etc – used especially in hotels)A lot of people like to have an English breakfast on holiday.
a cooked/fried breakfast (=bacon, egg, toast etc)Do you feel like having a cooked breakfast?
a buffet breakfast (=one in a hotel, where you serve yourself)A buffet breakfast is served in the hotel's elegant dining room.
a continental breakfast (=coffee and bread with butter and jam)Continental breakfast can be served in your room.
a quick/hasty/hurried breakfastI grabbed a quick breakfast and ran to the bus stop.
a long/leisurely breakfast (=not hurried)On Sunday mornings I like to have a leisurely breakfast.
an early/late breakfastWe had an early breakfast and left before 7.30.
a working breakfast (=at which you talk about business)She suggested we meet at 8.30 for a working breakfast.
breakfast + NOUNthe breakfast dishesDid you put the breakfast dishes in the dishwasher?
the breakfast things (=dishes, packets etc)Dad was clearing the breakfast things away.
a breakfast table/roomThe house has a large kitchen and a breakfast room.
breakfast cerealMany breakfast cereals are high in sugar.
breakfast timeI don’t like talking at breakfast time.
breakfast television/TV (=programmes on television in the early morning)The children all eat their cereal in front of breakfast television.
n GRAMMAR: Patterns with breakfastfor breakfastYou eat something
for breakfast:
I had toast and coffee for breakfast.
✗Don’t say:
At breakfast I had toast and coffee. at breakfastYou use
at breakfast to talk about something that happens while you are eating breakfast:
I saw her this morning at breakfast.