1. 1nA2/ˈlʌntʃtaɪm/午餐時間

    The part of the day, around , when people stop to eat lunch.

    示範例句 · Example

    At lunchtime, Mei opens her bento and sits with her friends.

    逐字在午餐時間,美打開她的便當,跟她的朋友們坐在一起。

    「lunchtime」是「中午大家通常吃午餐的那段時間」,中文最自然說午餐時間或午飯時間。常見說法:at lunchtime(在午餐時間)、by lunchtime(到午餐時間之前)、past lunchtime(過了午餐時間)。核心畫面可以想成lunch(午餐)+ time(時間)——講的是時段,不是那一餐本身。它跟 lunch、lunch break 容易並排:lunch 是那一餐;lunchtime 是吃那一餐的時段;lunch break / lunch hour 比較像學校或公司排定的休息時段。

    常見搭配

    • at lunchtime

      在午餐時間

      during the middle-of-day time when people eat lunch

      We play catch at lunchtime on the school field.

    • by lunchtime

      到午餐時間(之前)

      before or no later than the lunch period

      Please finish your worksheet by lunchtime.

    • past lunchtime

      過了午餐時間

      after the usual lunch period has ended

      It was past lunchtime when the rain finally stopped.

    • lunchtime meal / concert

      午餐時間的餐/活動

      a meal or event that happens in the lunch period

      The school held a short lunchtime concert in the hall.

    • until / before lunchtime

      直到/在午餐時間之前

      up to / earlier than the lunch period

      Keep your phones in your bags until lunchtime.

    意思相近

    noonmidday

    用法接近

    lunchlunch breaklunch hourmealtimedinnertime

core核心畫面

One way to see it: the slot in the middle of the day when work stops and people eat. It is a stretch of time, not a meal — the office , the school playground fills up, and everything else gets pushed to either side of it.

可以想成一天正中間的那一格時間:工作暫停、大家去吃飯。它指的是時段而不是那頓飯——辦公室空了、校園熱鬧起來,其他事情都被推到這格的前後。所以英文說 at lunchtime(在午餐時間)是講時間點,have lunch 才是講吃飯這件事。

複數 lunchtimes

意思相近

noonmidday

用法接近

lunchlunch breaklunch hourmealtimedinnertime

原始詞典資料2 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。

lunchtimenoun/ˈlʌnt͡ʃtaɪm/

  • 1

    The time or hour at or around which lunch is normally eaten.

  • 2

    A break in work or school to eat lunch.

    • It's almost lunchtime, so I think I'll finish up later this afternoon.

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。