late 13c., from Old French disner (Modern French d?ner) "to dine, eat, have a meal," originally "take the first meal of the day," from stem of Gallo-Roman *desjunare "to break one's fast," from Vulgar Latin *disjejunare, from dis- "undo" (see dis-) + Late Latin jejunare "to fast," from Latin iejunus "fasting, hungry" (see jejune).
雙語例句
1. They used to enjoy going out to dine.
他們以前很喜歡出去吃飯。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I wish I could afford to dine off fresh meat every day.
我要是能天天吃到新鮮的肉就好了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Let's dine out tonight. I'm too tired to cook.
我太累了,不想做飯, 今晚咱們到外面吃吧.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Does the Queen really dine off the gold plates?
女王真的用金盤子進餐 嗎 ?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. How long can she dine out on her former success?