dining-room
dining-room — noun
1. a separate space inside a house or public building where people sit at a table t
a separate space inside a house or public building where people sit at a table to eat food.
The Wang family ate dinner together in the dining room every evening.
typical use: family eating together
Mei-Lin set the dining room table with plates, glasses, and cloth napkins.
collocation: dining room table
The hotel dining room served breakfast from seven until ten in the morning.
Our apartment has a small dining room next to the kitchen.
Guests were asked to move from the living room into the dining room for dinner.
- dining area
less formal; can refer to a section of a larger room rather than a separate room
- eating area
more general; can describe a space in a cafeteria or kitchen
- breakfast nook
a small, casual dining corner, often with benches, not a full room
文法句型
a/the dining room
dining room + noun
用法筆記
Frequently used with a possessive (our dining room, their dining room) or in compound noun phrases (dining room table, dining room chair, dining room set). In modern homes, open-plan layouts sometimes combine the dining room with the kitchen or living room.
常見錯誤
Note: 'I left my bag on the dinner table.' — While 'dinner table' is common in casual speech, 'dining room table' is preferred in formal writing.