luncheon

汉语翻译

n. 午宴, 午餐会

词意辨析：

lunch, luncheon

这两个名词均含“午餐”之意。
lunch: 普通用词，系luncheon的略语。
luncheon: 比lunch正式而优，指在某一特定场合举行的非常正式的午餐。

英语解释：

名词 luncheon:

1. a midday meal
   同义词：lunch, tiffin, dejeuner

例句：

1. I shall be delighted to have luncheon with you on Wednesday at one o'clock to see Mary Holmes again.
   我很高兴于星期三下午一点来于您共进午餐并再次与MaryHolmes相见。
2. If you have no other plans for Sunday, December the sixth, come to a little informal luncheon here at my home?
   假如您在12月6日(星期日)没有其他安排的话，能否到我家中便餐。
3. Thank you for your luncheon invitation for Sunday afternoon, January the tenth, at one o'clock.
   感谢您邀请我(们)出席1月10日(星期天)下午1点举行的午餐。
4. We were invited to a formal luncheon.
   我们被邀参加一次正式的午宴。

详细解释：

lunch.eon

n.（名词）
A lunch, especially a formal one.
午餐：一顿午饭，尤其是正式的午餐
An afternoon party at which a light meal is served.
便餐：提供少量食品的下午餐会

来源：
Probably alteration influenced by dialectal lunch [hunk of cheese or bread]
可能为 受 方言 lunch的影响 [大块的奶酪或面包]
of obsolete nuncheon [light snack]
废语 nuncheon的变化 [快餐]
from Middle English nonschench
源自 中古英语 nonschench
none [noon] * see noon
none [月球] *参见 noon
schench [drink] from Old English scenc from scencan [to pour out]
schench [饮料] 源自 古英语 scenc 源自 scencan [吐出，倒出]