breakfast

US: /ˈbɹɛkfəst/
UK: /bɹˈɛkfəst/

English Vietnamese dictionary

breakfast /'brekfəst/
  • danh từ
    • 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 - BED AND BREAKFAST, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST, ENGLISH BREAKFAST, POWER BREAKFAST, WEDDING BREAKFAST
    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.

    More information about MEAL

    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



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