Dining
“Dining” 表示“用餐”这一活动或相关场景,如 dining out(外出就餐)、fine dining(高级餐饮)。常出现在餐厅、酒店和生活方式语境中。
- “The hotel has a dining area on the top floor.” (酒店顶层有用餐区。)
- “They enjoy dining out on Friday nights.” (他们喜欢周五晚上外出就餐。)
- “Fine dining restaurants often require reservations.” (高级餐厅通常需要预订。)
“Dining” 来自古法语 “diner”(进餐),与 dinner 同源,核心义是“正式或日常用餐”。
“-ing” 为动名词/现在分词后缀;词干 dine 为不及物动词。
“dining” 在旅游、餐饮评论和房地产(dining room、dining table)中极其常见;fine dining 代表高端餐饮体验。
- 固定搭配: “dining room” (餐厅), “dining out” (外出就餐), “fine dining” (高级餐饮)
- 动词: dine
- 名词: dinner
“dine + ing”:正在吃饭或吃饭相关场景,就是 dining。
“After dining in the hotel dining room, they went out dining with friends downtown.” (在酒店餐厅用完餐后,他们又去市中心和朋友聚餐。)