supper

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈsʌpə/    美 /ˈsʌpɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An optional light meal consumed shortly before going to bed. countable,uncountable
    — There he stood, with admirable patience, […] longing to go to rest for hours past; aware that suppers disagreed with him […] so tired and longing for bed!
  2. A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).
  3. Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon. Atlantic-Canada,Canadian-Prairies,Midwestern-US,South-Africa,countable
    — We normally have supper at 7.
  4. A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips. Northern-England,Northern-Ireland,Scotland,countable,slang
    — a fish supper
动词 v.
  1. To consume a snack before going to bed. intransitive
  2. To eat dinner. intransitive
  3. To provide (a person or animal) with supper. transitive
    — Horns in the night-season are heard a great way off, and in the winter-season were blown at every farmer’s house about eight at night when they suppered the horses and cows; […]

词形变化

suppers plural suppers present,singular,third-person suppering participle,present suppered participle,past suppered past suppers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
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相关词
soup

词源

词源 1
From Middle English soper, from Old French soper, from sope (“soup”). Compare French souper.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English sup
English -er
English supper
From sup + -er.
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