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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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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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. 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.