lunch
noun [ C or U ] uk/lʌntʃ/ us/lʌntʃ/
A1 午餐，午饭
a meal that is eaten in the middle of the day
What's for lunch? 午饭吃什么？
UK We had a pub lunch. 我们在酒馆吃的午饭。
I'm sorry, Joanna isn't here at the moment, she's (gone) out to/gone to lunch. 对不起，乔安娜现在不在，她吃午饭去了。
We must do lunch sometime (= have lunch together). 哪天我们一定得一起吃个午饭。
Compare: dinner
- More examples
- Why don't we have lunch together on Friday?
- He managed to eat a big lunch despite having eaten an enormous breakfast.
- Shall I heat up some soup for lunch?
- We enjoyed a leisurely picnic lunch on the lawn.
- We stopped at a roadside café for lunch.
Idiom
be out to lunchidiom informal 发疯，失去理智
to be crazy
So do I take this guy seriously or is he out to lunch? 那这家伙是认真的还是一时冲动？
lunch
verb [ I ] uk/lʌntʃ/ us/lʌntʃ/
吃午饭，吃午餐
to eat lunch
I'm lunching with Giles. 我在和贾尔斯吃午饭。