supper

noun

1. 晚饭；晚餐；夜宵
   the last meal of the day, either a main meal, usually smaller and less formal than dinner, or a snack eaten before you go to bed
   1. I'll do my homework after supper.
      晚饭后我要做家庭作业。
   2. What's for supper?
      晚饭吃什么？
   3. We'll have an early supper tonight.
      今天我们要早点吃晚饭。

1. N-VAR 晚餐;晚饭
   Some people refer to the main meal eaten in the early part of the evening as supper .
   1. Some guests like to dress for supper.
      一些客人喜欢穿礼服去赴晚宴。Y See Usage Note at meal. 见 meal 的用法说明
2. N-VAR 夜宵;宵夜
   Supper is a simple meal eaten just before you go to bed at night.
   1. She gives the children their supper, then puts them to bed.
      她让孩子们吃了点夜宵，然后让他们上床睡觉。
3. PHRASE 打点;疏通
   If someone has to sing for their supper, they have to do a job before they are allowed to do something they want to do.
   1. They would have to 'sing for their supper' during the exhausting official round of duties.
      他们不得不在那些耗人精力的官方手续的办理过程中进行疏通。

1. Come and have supper with us on Wednesday, if you're free
   如果你有空的话，周三晚上来和我们一起吃晚饭吧。
2. The catch is that you work for your supper, and the food and accommodation can be very basic
   圈套在于你是在挣钱糊口，但食宿其实有可能非常简单。
3. Michael was exiled to the kitchen for supper.
   迈克尔被赶到厨房吃晚饭。
4. After supper he'd put his feet up and read. It was a pleasant prospect.
   晚饭后他会支起双腿，歇一歇，看看书。那真是件很惬意的事情。
5. I could cook your supper, though, if that would help.
   不过我可以给你做晚饭，如果这样能帮到你的话。
6. You'll have to hustle if you're to get home for supper
   你想赶回家吃晚饭的话，就得加快速度。
7. It would be most ungracious and impolite to refuse a simple invitation to supper with him.
   连与他共进晚餐这样的简单邀请都拒绝会显得非常失礼，没有教养。
8. It was his invariable custom to have one whisky before his supper.
   晚饭前来杯威士忌，这是他一直以来的习惯。
9. 'Shall we go in and have some supper?' — 'Yes, let's.'
   “我们要不要进去吃点晚饭？”——“好啊，走吧。”
10. Sarah picked at a plate of cheese for supper, but she wasn't really hungry.
    萨拉晚餐时只吃一盘奶酪，但她并没有真觉得饿。
11. I should like to ask you to come with us for a quiet supper
    我想请你和我们共进一次安静的晚餐。
12. At supper, everyone was in high spirits
    晚餐时，每个人都兴致勃勃。
13. They had invited me to come to supper and stay the night.
    他们邀请我去吃晚饭并住上一晚。
14. Some guests like to dress for supper.
    一些客人喜欢穿礼服去赴晚宴。YSeeUsageNoteatmeal.见meal的用法说明
15. She gives the children their supper, then puts them to bed.
    她让孩子们吃了点夜宵，然后让他们上床睡觉。
16. They would have to 'sing for their supper' during the exhausting official round of duties.
    他们不得不在那些耗人精力的官方手续的办理过程中进行疏通。
17. Try this tasty dish for supper with a crispy salad
    晚饭就着鲜脆的色拉尝尝这道佳肴。
18. Will you stay for supper?
    你愿意留下吃晚饭吗？
19. As I was sitting down to supper, the telephone just rang.
    正当我坐下来吃晚饭时，偏偏电话来了。
20. Please stay for supper.
    请留下用晚餐。
21. They insisted that I stay for supper.
    他们一定留我吃晚饭。
22. I heat up the remains of last night's supper.
    我把昨晚的剩饭加加温。
23. My neighbor and I were chatting over the fence after supper.
    我和邻居晚饭后隔着栅栏闲聊。
24. He's just had his supper and is taking a stroll in the courtyard.
    他刚吃完晚饭，在院子里绕弯儿。
25. Immediately after supper, he sat down and knocked off his composition in half an hour.
    一吃过晚饭，他便坐下来，不到半个小时就把作文写好了。
26. She wouldn't let me go no matter what I said, and pressed me to stay for supper.
    说啥她也不让我走，非要留我吃饭。
27. He likes to stroll on the street after supper.
    他吃过晚饭，就到街上晃荡一圈儿。
28. She gave me a dab of potatoes with my supper.
    她给我晚饭时，还给了一点土豆。
29. We shall catch them in the middle of their supper.
    我们会碰上他们吃晚饭。

noun

1. a light evening meal

2. a social gathering where a light evening meal is served
   1. her suppers often included celebrities