喜樂美語
  1. 1nA1/ˈbrekfəst/早餐

    The first meal of the day, which you eat in the morning.

    The first meal of the day,一天中的第一餐， which you eat in the morning.在早上吃的。

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei always has a big breakfast before she goes to school.

    逐字美上學前總是吃豐盛的早餐。

    「breakfast」就是一天的第一餐，早上吃的那一頓。英文裡「吃早餐」通常用 have breakfast 或 eat breakfast，注意中間不加 the（不說 have the breakfast）。這個字可以想成由 break（打破）+ fast（禁食）組成——一夜沒吃東西後，早餐打破了那段空腹的時間。

    常見搭配

    • have/eat breakfast

      吃早餐

      to eat the first meal of the day

      I always have breakfast before seven o'clock.

    • for breakfast

      當作早餐

      as your breakfast meal

      We had rice porridge for breakfast.

    • skip breakfast

      不吃早餐

      to not eat breakfast

      Try not to skip breakfast before a big test.

    • make breakfast

      做早餐

      to prepare the morning meal

      My sister made breakfast for everyone today.

    意思相近

    morning mealbrunch

    意思相反

    dinnersupperlunch

core核心畫面

You can picture 'breakfast' very simply: the first food of the day, eaten in the morning — the meal that breaks the long, foodless stretch of sleep.

可以想成最單純的畫面：一天裡的第一頓飯，早上吃的——是它打破了整晚睡覺那段沒進食的空檔。

From the word’s history

Historically a compound of 'break' + 'fast' — the meal that breaks the overnight fast.

這個字本來就是 break（打破）加 fast（禁食／斷食）合成的：打破整夜沒吃東西那段空腹的一餐。

Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), 'breakfast'

複數 breakfasts

意思相近

morning mealbrunch

意思相反

dinnersupperlunch

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

breakfastnoun/ˈbɹɛk.fəst/

  • 1

    The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

    • You should put more protein in her breakfast so she will grow.
    • I had an early dinner because the breakfast in this hostel is superb.
  • 2

    A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.

    • We serve breakfast all day.
  • 3

    The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).

  • 4

    A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.

    • The wolves will get a breakfast by my death.

breakfastverb/ˈbɹɛk.fəst/

  • 1

    To eat the morning meal.

    • May 14, 1689, Matthew Prior, epistle to Fleetwood Shephard Esq. First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast.
    • “Oh, he set off the moment he had breakfasted![…]”
  • 2

    To serve breakfast to.

    • By seven-thirty she had breakfasted them, provided each with a packed lunch and Thermoses of coffee and tea

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。