lunchtime
lunchtime — noun
1. the period at around midday when people pause their activities to eat the meal c
the period at around midday when people pause their activities to eat the meal called lunch
The school cafeteria gets very busy at lunchtime, so the children try to arrive early.
collocation: busy at lunchtime
By lunchtime the sun was so hot that the kids played under a big tree.
preposition: by lunchtime
Grandma usually calls us around lunchtime to see how our day is going.
Ravi packs his lunch and eats it with his classmates at lunchtime.
The lunchtime meeting went on too long, and everyone felt hungry.
- noon
refers to the exact moment of 12:00 p.m. rather than the meal period
- midday
more general than lunchtime; covers roughly 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. without focusing on eating
- lunch hour
emphasises the one-hour break from work or school for eating
用法筆記
Commonly appears with the prepositions 'at' (at lunchtime), 'by' (by lunchtime), and 'around' (around lunchtime). It can also modify other nouns to describe events that happen during this period, such as 'lunchtime rush', 'lunchtime crowd', or 'lunchtime news'.