breakfast

常用用法

breakfast意思是“早餐,早飯”,指一天的一頓飯。是不可數(shù)名詞。泛指早餐時(shí),前面不加冠詞; 特指某一頓早餐時(shí)還可加定冠詞或其他限定詞；有定語修飾且非特指時(shí)其前一般加不定冠詞。
breakfast也可指“早餐吃的東西”,這時(shí)是可數(shù)名詞。

breakfast用作不及物動(dòng)詞時(shí)意思是“吃早餐”,用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí)意思是“向…供應(yīng)早餐”,以供應(yīng)對(duì)象作賓語。
breakfast用介詞on引出早餐所吃的東西。

這組詞均為餐名,一般不加冠詞。其區(qū)別是：
dinner指正餐,多在晚上吃,也可指宴會(huì); breakfast指早餐; lunch指午餐; meal指任何一餐; supper指晚餐; tea在英國(guó),指下午茶。例如:
He asked me to dinner tonight.他邀請(qǐng)我今天晚上吃飯。
The dinner we had was excellent.我們吃的晚餐很豐盛。
I hope you will honour us with your presence at the dinner.我希望您能光臨此次晚宴。
I have breakfast at seven.我在7點(diǎn)吃早餐。
We have lunch at noon.我們?cè)谥形绯晕顼垺?/li>
He had a light meal at home.他在家吃了頓便餐。
I have supper at six.我6點(diǎn)吃晚飯。
They are having tea in the garden.他們正在園子里喝下午茶。