repast
/noun ri-past, -pahst, ree-past, -pahst; verb ri-past, -pahst/US // noun rɪˈpæst, -ˈpɑst, ˈri pæst, -pɑst; verb rɪˈpæst, -ˈpɑst //UK // (rɪˈpɑːst) //
宴请,餐饮,宴会,餐饮业
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating: to eat a light repast.
- : a meal: the evening repast.
- : the time during which a meal is eaten; mealtime.
- : Archaic. the taking of food, as at a meal.
- : Obsolete. food.
v.无主动词 verb
- 1
- : to eat or feast.
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Examples
They had a repast together, and Aguinaldo called for cheers for Spain, in which all heartily joined.
The cook, placed upon her mettle, served a delicious repast—a luscious tenderloin broiled a point.
On the table some kind of cold repast was laid, the viands concealed under china covers.
The startled guests filed hastily across to find a dainty but sumptuous repast served at little tables.
I visited one day, in Aberdeen, a restaurant where a copious repast was being served for the modest sum of two pence a head.
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