breakfast

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈbreɪkˌfɑːst/    /ˈbɹeɪkˌfæst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning. countable,uncountable
    — You should put more protein in her breakfast so she will grow.
  2. A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc. broadly,countable,uncountable
    — We serve breakfast all day.
  3. The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral). countable,uncountable
  4. A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting. countable,uncountable
    — The wolves will get a breakfast by my death.
动词 v.
  1. To eat the morning meal. intransitive
    — May 14, 1689, Matthew Prior, epistle to Fleetwood Shephard Esq. First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast.
  2. To serve breakfast to. transitive
    — By seven-thirty she had breakfasted them, provided each with a packed lunch and Thermoses of coffee and tea

词形变化

breakfasts plural breakfasts present,singular,third-person breakfasting participle,present breakfasted participle,past breakfasted past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English brekefast, brekefaste, equivalent to break + fast (literally, "to end the nightly fast"), likely a variant of Old English fæstenbryċe, (literally, "fast-breach"). Cognate with Dutch breekvasten (“breakfast”).
词源 2
From Middle English brekefast, brekefaste, equivalent to break + fast (literally, "to end the nightly fast"), likely a variant of Old English fæstenbryċe, (literally, "fast-breach"). Cognate with Dutch breekvasten (“breakfast”).
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