dining

dining — verb

1. to eat your main evening meal, which for most people happens after the day's wor

1.動詞不及物B1
釋義

to eat your main evening meal, which for most people happens after the day's work or classes are over

例句

Sirin and her colleagues were dining at a French bistro when the fire alarm went off.

progressive: 'were dining' for ongoing action

The Tanaka family usually dines together around seven in the evening.

adverb: 'usually dines' + time phrase with 'around'

同義詞
  • eat

    less formal and broader in meaning; covers any meal or snack

  • have dinner

    more common in everyday speech; specifies the evening meal

反義詞
  • fast

    to go without food entirely for a period

文法句型

dine on [food]

dine at [place]

dine with [person]

用法筆記

The verb 'dine' is slightly more formal than 'eat dinner'. It appears frequently in present participle form as part of compound nouns such as 'dining room' and 'dining table' — see the noun sense for that usage.

常見錯誤

❌We dined dinner at the hotel.
✅We dined at the hotel.
💡'dine' already carries the meaning of eating a meal, so adding 'dinner' is redundant.
❌I had a dining with my colleagues.
✅I was dining with my colleagues.
💡'dining' is not a countable noun in the verb sense.

2. to eat at a restaurant and avoid paying by leaving quickly before anyone can sto

2.動詞不及物B2
釋義

to eat at a restaurant and avoid paying by leaving quickly before anyone can stop you

例句

Two men were caught on camera when they tried to dine and dash from the steakhouse.

fixed phrase: 'try to dine and dash' with passive 'were caught'

Maeve felt terrible after her friend pushed her to dine and dash from the small café.

同義詞
反義詞
  • pay

    to settle the bill before leaving

  • settle up

    to pay what is owed

文法句型

dine and dash (no object)

try to dine and dash

caught dining and dashing

用法筆記

This is an informal expression for an illegal act. It most often appears in the infinitive form ('to dine and dash') or the past tense ('dined and dashed'). The phrase is commonly used in news reports and casual conversation about dishonest behaviour.

常見錯誤

❌They dined and dashed the restaurant.
✅They dined and dashed from the restaurant.
💡'dine and dash' is intransitive and cannot take a direct object.

dining — noun