U C 晚饭，晚餐 last meal of the day, usually less large and less formal than dinner

　eat ～　吃晚饭
　have ～　吃晚饭
　make ～　做晚餐
　prepare ～　做〔准备〕晚饭
　serve ～　端上晚餐
　share ～ with　与…共进晚餐
　sit down to ～　坐下吃晚饭
　stay for ～　留下吃晚饭
　stay in for ～　留在家里吃晚饭
　delicious ～　可口的晚餐
　early ～　早晚餐
　good ～　丰盛的晚餐
　heavy ～　丰盛的晚餐
　late ～　很晚的晚饭
　light ～　简便的晚餐
　little ～　晚饭吃得很少
　the Last S-　最后的晚餐
　the Lord's S-　圣餐
　after ～　晚饭后
　at ～　在晚餐时
　for ～　（以…)作为晚餐
　have bread and cheese for ～　晚餐吃面包和奶酪

　What time do you have supper?　你们什么时候吃晚饭?
　What is there for supper?　晚饭吃什么?
　We sat down to a good supper.　我们坐下来吃了一顿丰盛的晚餐。
　I only want a small supper.　我只想吃一点儿晚饭。
　The hotel is famous for its suppers.　那个旅馆以晚餐而著称。
　It's supper time!　是吃晚饭的时候了！

 ♣ at supper
　正在吃晚饭　having supper
　He is at supper.　他正在吃晚饭。
　There were eight of us at supper then.　那时我们有8个人正在吃晚餐。

 ♣ supper, breakfast, dinner, lunch, meal, tea
　参见dinner条。

　昨天我吃了一顿很棒的晚饭。
　［误］ I had wonderful supper yesterday.
　［正］ I had a wonderful supper yesterday.
　［析］ supper作“晚饭”解泛指一顿饭的名称时，前面通常不加冠词；但当有定语修饰时，前面通常加不定冠词a.

　［词源］　中古英语super<古法语soper（汤）