the main meal of the day, taken either around midday or in the evening
(中午或晚上吃的)正餐,主餐。
a formal evening meal, typically one in honour of a person or event
(多指为某人或某事举办的)晚宴。
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done like (a )dinner Austral . &Canadian informal utterly defeated or outwitted 〈澳,加,非正式〉 被彻底打败(或骗过)I had the fishing inspector wanting to see my licence —I was done like a dinner . 我碰到了要看我执照的捕鱼检察官—— 我玩完了 -
more — than someone has had hot dinners Brit .informal used to emphasize someone's wide experience of a specified activity or phenomenon 〈英,非正式〉 [用 来强调某人对特定活动(或现象的)广泛经验]he's seen more battles than you've had hot dinners . 他经历过的战争比你过的桥还要多
"Middle English: from Old French