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