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dining

/dahyn/US // daɪn //UK // (daɪn) //

餐饮,餐饮业

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dined, din·ing.

    • : to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.
    • : to take any meal.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dined, din·ing.

    • : to entertain at dinner.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Scot. dinner.
  1. 1
    • : dine out, to take a meal, especially the principal or more formal meal of the day, away from home, as in a hotel or restaurant: They dine out at least once a week.

Phrases

  • dine out on
  • eat (dine) out
  • wine and dine

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Marvin and I leave the poolside and go into his dining room.

  • The resources were what you might expect: Dining room, a media center, a library, a TV room, a meeting room, a computer room.

  • After all, what says Christmas more than obligations, gastrointestinal distress, and insane dining companions?

  • Today, the Imperial family can be found dining at Honke Owariya upon their return from Tokyo.

  • This bungalow has two levels, a screening room, a dining room, many offices, an art department, and cutting rooms.

  • The dining tables had all been removed to one end of the hall, and the chairs ranged about in rows and in clusters.

  • A view of the duchess's ball-room, or of the dining-table of the earl, will supersede all occasion for lengthy fiddle-faddle.

  • Each evening Mr. Levi was in attendance, and this day, according to rule, she went down to the grand old dining-room.

  • Mrs. Irvin has decided to consult a palmist or a hypnotist or some such occult authority before dining with you this evening.

  • The old dining-hall had shared in the general decay, and been shorn of all its ancient honours.