爱心早餐：breakfast词汇精讲

Good. I want the dining room given a proper going-over today. You can do it when they'vefinished their breakfast.

——Downton Abbey

很好，今天把餐厅彻底清扫一遍，等主人们用完早餐就开始。

——《唐顿庄园》

一、你知道breakfast有几种含义吗？

n.

早餐，早饭 [U,C] the first meal of the day

Englishmen often end up their breakfast with toast and marmalade.

英国人常以烤面包加果酱结束早餐。

v.

1.吃早餐 [I] to eat breakfast

All the ladies breakfasted in their rooms.

所有女士在她们房间里用了早餐。

2.为…供应早餐 [T] to serve breakfast for sb

She breakfasts her child on coffee and rolls.

她给孩子准备了咖啡和小圆面包作早餐。

二、含有breakfast的常见短语 

bed and breakfast

住宿加(次日)早餐

continental breakfast

n. 欧式早餐

dog's breakfast

n. 大杂烩，一团糟，混乱的局面

power breakfast

n. 早餐会报

三、最后，做个填词游戏吧

They were having _______ when I arrived.我到达时他们正在吃早饭。