1N-VAR 晚餐;晚饭 Some people refer to the main meal eaten in the early part of the evening as supper . 晚餐;晚饭
Some guests like to dress for supper.
一些客人喜欢穿礼服去赴晚宴。Y See Usage Note at meal. 见 meal 的用法说明
2N-VAR 夜宵;宵夜Supper is a simple meal eaten just before you go to bed at night. 夜宵;宵夜
She gives the children their supper, then puts them to bed.
她让孩子们吃了点夜宵,然后让他们上床睡觉。
3PHRASE [VERB and NOUN inflect]打点;疏通 If someone has to sing for their supper, they have to do a job before they are allowed to do something they want to do. 打点;疏通
They would have to 'sing for their supper' during the exhausting official round of duties.
ADJECTIVE | SUPPER + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤light簡單的晚餐▸➤cold, hot涼晚餐;熱騰騰的晚餐▸➤buffet (especially BrE) 自助晚餐▸➤early, late較早的/較晚的晚餐▸➤family家庭晚餐➤church, potluck (both NAmE) 教堂晚餐;(每人各帶一個菜的)百樂餐◇There'll be a potluck supper Sunday night at the church.星期日晚上在教堂有個百樂餐會。➤harvest (BrE) 慶豐收晚餐◇There was always a harvest supper for the farm workers.為農場工人準備慶豐收晚餐是一個慣例。➤fish, fish-and-chip, pie, etc. (BrE) 炸魚、炸魚加薯條、餡餅等晚餐SUPPER + NOUN➤dish晚餐菜肴◇It can also be eaten as a supper dish with a salad.這個加上色拉也可作為晚餐食用。➤table晚餐桌◇Nell cleared the supper table.內爾收拾了晚餐桌。PHRASES➤a bit of supper (BrE) 一點兒晚餐◇They invited me over for a bit of supper.他們請我到他們家吃了點兒晚飯。➡ note at meal(for verbs)