breakfast
breakfast — 名詞
- breakfastsingular
- breakfastsplural
1. the meal you have after waking up, before the main part of your day
早餐
早上起床後吃的第一餐
the meal you have after waking up, before the main part of your day
Priya made eggs and tea for breakfast before school.
Priya 上學前先煎了蛋，配著茶吃早餐。
collocation: for breakfast
We ate breakfast on the hotel roof at sunrise.
我們在日出時在飯店屋頂吃早餐。
After breakfast, Diego walked his dog by the river.
吃完早餐後，Diego 帶狗去河邊散步。
Breakfast starts at six in the station cafe.
車站咖啡館的早餐六點開始供應。
countable event use: breakfast starts at [time]
- have breakfast
- eat breakfast
- skip breakfast
- big breakfast
- morning meal
a descriptive phrase, not the usual everyday word
- meal
a broad word for any time you eat, not only the morning
用法筆記
Often used after have, eat, skip, or make. In everyday English, people usually say have breakfast rather than use breakfast as a verb.
常見錯誤
Something that is done very poorly or in a messy way.
一團糟
Maya made a dog's breakfast of her science project.
Did Brian really make a dog's dinner of that report?
breakfast — 動詞
- breakfastpresent simple I / you / we / they
- breakfasts3rd person singular
- breakfasting-ing form
- breakfastedpast simple
1. to eat your first meal of the day
吃早餐
吃早上的第一餐
to eat your first meal of the day
Leila breakfasted on bread and fruit before the long drive.
Leila 在長途開車前吃了麵包和水果當早餐。
pattern: breakfast on + food
We breakfasted early, then caught the first boat home.
我們很早吃早餐，然後搭上第一班船回家。
At six, the team breakfasted together beside the quiet lake.
六點時，整個團隊在安靜的湖邊一起吃早餐。
Guests breakfasted in the garden while rain tapped the windows.
客人們在花園裡吃早餐時，雨輕敲著窗戶。
formal written style: breakfast as a verb
- breakfast on toast
- breakfast early
- breakfast together
- breakfast in the garden
- have breakfast
the normal everyday expression
- eat
much broader and not limited to the morning meal
- fast
to go without food for a period of time
文法句型
breakfast + on + food
用法筆記
Usually intransitive, and often followed by on when you name the food. In everyday speech, have breakfast or eat breakfast is more common than the verb breakfast.