luncheon• Also honored at a luncheonsponsored by the group at the Capitol was Dolores Beilenson, wife of Rep.• Those attending will meet with the city's lobbyists and attend a luncheon with Gov.• The annualluncheon at the center pays homage to those who have given more than 1,000 hours.• Billy was on his way to a Lions Clubluncheon meeting.• Over 200 attended the Women in Journalismluncheon last Tuesday.• The luncheon table in the little cottage was spread with cheese, olives, sardines and bread.• In the very attractive all-white luncheon room, vases of beautifulred, white, and blueflowersadorned every luncheon table.• At Newbury you will be able to see the race from your luncheon table.
Originluncheon
(1600-1700)luncheon“large piece”((15-19 centuries)), from lunch“piece (of food)”((16-18 centuries)), probably from lump
ADJECTIVE | VERB + LUNCHEON | LUNCHEON + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤buffet自助午宴➤annual一年一度的午宴➤awards頒獎午宴➤anniversary, business, literary (all especially BrE) 週年紀念日/商務/文學交流午宴➤charity, fund-raising慈善/籌款午宴VERB + LUNCHEON➤have進午餐➤attend參加午宴➤organize組織午宴➤give, hold, host舉辦/舉行/主辦午餐會◇The anniversary was marked by a luncheon given in the palace.在皇宮舉行了午宴以慶祝週年紀念日。➤sponsor主辦午餐會LUNCHEON + NOUN➤menu午宴菜單➤party (BrE) 午宴聚會➤address, speaker, speech午宴講話;午宴演講人PREPOSITION➤at luncheon在午宴上◇They met at a literary luncheon.他們在一次文學交流午宴上相識。➤for luncheon午宴上◇What's for lunch?午宴上都有什麼?➤during luncheon, over luncheon (BrE) 在午宴期間;在整個午宴期間◇I didn't talk much during lunch that day.那天的午宴上我說話不多。◇Garry told me this story over lunch yesterday.加里在昨天的午餐會上給我講了這個故事。