lunch
US: /ˈɫəntʃ/
UK: /lˈʌntʃ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
lunch /lʌntʃ/- danh từ
- bữa ăn trưa
- bữa ăn nhẹ trước cơm trưa
- ngoại động từ
- dọn bữa ăn trưa cho
- dọn bữa ăn trưa cho
- nội động từ
- dự bữa ăn trưa
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun [U, C] a meal eaten in the middle of the day: She's gone to lunch. + I'm ready for some lunch. + What shall we have for lunch? + We serve hot and cold lunches. + a one-hour lunch break + Let's do lunch (= have lunch together).
See also -
Idioms see FREE adj.
+ verb [V] (formal) to have lunch, especially at a restaurant: He lunched with a client at the Ritz.
Collocation
ADJ.
cold, hot | delicious, tasty | hearty, slap-up, splendid, sumptuous | four-course, three-course, etc. | leisurely, long | heavy | healthy, light | meagre | sandwich
We went for a sandwich lunch at the local bar.
| packed | picnic | pub | early, late | Sunday | annual
The society's annual lunch will be held next Wednesday.
| business, expense-account, working | school | literary | boozy, liquid
(= consisting only of alcoholic drinks)
LUNCH + NOUN
box, break, date, hour, party, table | things
I helped wash up the lunch things.
| meeting | guest | bill | club
PHRASES
a spot of lunch
Come and have a spot of lunch with me.
MEAL:
eat, have, take
(formal)
~
Have you had breakfast?
grab, snatch ~
I'm so busy I have to snatch meals when I can.
ask sb to ~ have/invite/take sb for/to ~ come/go for/to ~
He wouldn't have asked her to supper if he didn't like her, she reasoned.
These verbs are often used with
around, out, over
and
round:
We must have you over for dinner sometime. Let's go out for a meal.
be out to
lunchHe's out to lunch with a client.
stop for ~
We stopped for tea at the Ritz.
join sb for, stay for/to ~
You're sure you wont stay for tea?
sit down to, start ~ finish ~
We had just sat down to breakfast when the phone rang.
skip ~
I sometimes skip lunch if we're very busy.
cook (sb), fix (sb), get ready, make (sb), prepare ~
She hurried downstairs to fix herself some breakfast.
have ~ ready
We'll have supper ready for you.
serve ~
Lunch is served from noon till 3.
keep warm, warm up ~
I'll be home late, so keep my dinner warm.
provide, provide sb (with) ~
Dinner is provided in the superb hotel restaurant.
~ be available
A four course dinner is available by prior arrangement.
~ be ready
‘Breakfast's ready!’ shouted Christine.
~ time
The family was always noisy at meal times.
at/during/over ~
Nobody spoke during supper.
for ~
What did you have for lunch?
~ of
a breakfast of pancakes and maple syrup
Concise dictionary
lunches|lunched|lunchinglʌntʃnoun
+a midday meal
verb
+take the midday meal
+provide a midday meal for
