lunchtime

lunchtime — 名詞

1. the period at around midday when people pause their activities to eat the meal c

1.名詞A2
釋義

午餐時間

中午前後吃午飯的時段

the period at around midday when people pause their activities to eat the meal called lunch

例句

The school cafeteria gets very busy at lunchtime, so the children try to arrive early.

學校餐廳在午餐時間非常忙碌，所以孩子們會早一點到。

collocation: busy at lunchtime

By lunchtime the sun was so hot that the kids played under a big tree.

到了午餐時間，太陽已經很熱，孩子們就在大樹下玩耍。

preposition: by lunchtime

同義詞
  • 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'.

常見錯誤

❌I will meet you in lunchtime.
✅I will meet you at lunchtime.
💡Use 'at' (not 'in') before specific time words like lunchtime, noon, and midnight.