breakfast
US: /ˈbɹɛkfəst/
UK: /bɹˈɛkfəst/
UK: /bɹˈɛkfəst/
English Vietnamese dictionary
breakfast /'brekfəst/
- danh từ
- bữa ăn sáng, bữa điểm tâm
- bữa ăn sáng, bữa điểm tâm
- động từ
- ăn sáng, điểm tâm
- mời (ai) ăn điểm tâm
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
[C, U] the first meal of the day: a big / hearty / light breakfast + (especially BrE) a cooked breakfast + Do you want bacon and eggs for breakfast? + They were having breakfast when I arrived. + She doesn't eat much breakfast.
See also -
Idioms see DOG n.
+ verb [V] ~ (on sth) (formal) to eat breakfast
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
big, full, good, hearty, large, proper, solid, substantial | light, modest | cooked, fried | continental, English, American-style
a full English breakfast of cereal, bacon and eggs and toast
| buffet/buffet-style | hasty, hurried, quick | leisurely, long | early, late | working | champagne
BREAKFAST + NOUN
cereal | dishes, things
Would you clear away the breakfast things?
| room | meeting | show, television
PHRASES
bed and breakfast
Bed and breakfast accommodation is available near the museum.
| breakfast in bed
He treated his wife to breakfast in bed on her birthday.
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 English dictionary
breakfasts|breakfasted|breakfasting'brekfəst
noun
+the first meal of the day (usually in the morning)
verb
+eat an early morning meal
+provide breakfast for
