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supper 音标拼音: [s'ʌpɚ] n. 晚饭 晚饭 supper n 1: a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime 2: a social gathering where a light evening meal is served; " her suppers often included celebrities" Supper \ Sup" per\, n. [ OE. soper, super, OF. super, soper, F. souper; originally an infinitive, to sup, take a meal. See { Soup}, and cf. { Sup} to take supper.] A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Supper is much used in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, supper time or supper- time, supper bell, supper hour, etc. [ 1913 Webster]
Supper \ Sup" per\, v. i. To take supper; to sup. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster]
Supper \ Sup" per\, v. t. To supply with supper. [ R.] " Kester was suppering the horses." -- Mrs. Gaskell. [ 1913 Webster] 27 Moby Thesaurus words for " supper": TV dinner, alfresco meal, barbecue, breakfast, brunch, buffet supper, clambake, coffee break, cookout, diner, dinner, elevenses, fish fry, high tea, hot luncheon, lunch, luncheon, mash, meat breakfast, petit dejeuner, picnic, tea, tea break, teatime, tiffin, wiener roast, wienie roast |
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