dine
dine — 動詞
1. to have a meal in the evening, especially in a restaurant or as part of a formal
用餐；吃晚餐
吃正餐，通常在晚上
to have a meal in the evening, especially in a restaurant or as part of a formal occasion, when this meal is the main one of the day
The ambassador dined with the prime minister after signing the trade agreement.
大使在簽署貿易協議後，與總理共進晚餐。
dine with [person] for formal company
Eli and his family dined on fresh seafood at a small restaurant near the harbour.
Eli 和家人到海港附近的小餐館享用了新鮮海產。
dine on [food]
Guests at the hotel may dine in the main hall or on the garden terrace.
飯店的客人可以在主廳用餐，也可以在花園露台上用餐。
Rania prefers to dine early, usually before seven in the evening.
Rania 習慣早點用餐，通常晚上七點之前就吃完了。
After the ceremony the royal couple dined privately with close friends.
典禮結束後，王室夫婦與親友私下共進晚餐。
- eat dinner
neutral and common in everyday speech
- have dinner
the most natural equivalent in casual conversation
- sup
very old-fashioned or literary; almost never used today
文法句型
dine
dine on/upon + food
dine with + person
dine at/in + place
dine + adverbial (alone, together, early, late)
用法筆記
More formal than 'have dinner' or 'eat dinner'. Common in written descriptions of formal events, restaurant reviews, and travel writing. The simple present tense ('we dine at seven') sounds quite old-fashioned in everyday speech.
常見錯誤
2. to eat at a restaurant and leave quickly without paying for the meal
吃霸王餐
在餐廳用餐後不付錢就逃跑
to eat at a restaurant and leave quickly without paying for the meal
A group of students tried to dine and dash at the busy downtown pizzeria.
一群學生試圖在市區繁忙的披薩店吃霸王餐。
fixed phrase: dine and dash
The manager installed security cameras after customers repeatedly dined and dashed.
由於顧客多次吃霸王餐，經理安裝了監視器。
past tense: dined and dashed
Ryo was questioned by police on suspicion of planning to dine and dash.
Ryo 因涉嫌策劃吃霸王餐而被警方約談。
Restaurants lose thousands of dollars each year to dine-and-dash schemes.
餐廳每年因吃霸王餐的騙局損失數千美元。
文法句型
dine and dash
dine and dashed (past)
用法筆記
Used almost exclusively as the fixed expression 'dine and dash' (or 'dine-and-dash' as a compound adjective). Can be inflected for past tense ('dined and dashed'). This behaviour is illegal in most places.
常見錯誤
3. to host someone by taking them to a restaurant or serving them a formal meal, of
設宴款待
以豐盛餐飲招待他人
to host someone by taking them to a restaurant or serving them a formal meal, often to show appreciation or build a relationship
The committee dined the award winners at a well-known restaurant downtown.
委員會在市區知名餐廳設宴款待得獎者。
transitive: dine + person
The visiting professors were dined by the university president at her private club.
來訪的教授們在大學校長的私人會所接受了她設的宴席。
passive: be dined by [person]
Large companies often wine and dine potential partners to secure business deals.
大公司經常以美酒佳餚招待潛在合作夥伴以促成商業交易。
Sade dined her graduate students after they published their research paper.
Sade 在研究生們發表論文後，設宴款待他們。
- wine and dine
the common modern equivalent, implying both food and drink
- host
broader — can mean any kind of hosting, not just a meal
- entertain
suggests a social occasion that may include but is not limited to dinner
文法句型
dine + person
be dined by + person
wine and dine + person
用法筆記
This transitive sense is uncommon in modern everyday English. Most speakers instead use the idiom 'wine and dine' (sense 3 example 12). When used alone, it sounds very formal or old-fashioned. The passive construction ('were dined by') is slightly more frequent than the active.
常見錯誤
dine — 名詞
1. the main meal of the day, eaten in the evening; an old word for dinner that has
晚餐（古語）
晚餐的古舊說法
the main meal of the day, eaten in the evening; an old word for dinner that has fallen out of everyday use
In old storybooks, travellers sat down to a fine dine of roast meat and ale.
在古老的故事書裡，旅人們坐下來享用一頓有烤肉和麥酒的豐盛晚餐。
archaic usage: a fine dine
The medieval lord invited his guests to a grand dine in the great hall.
中世紀領主邀請他的賓客到大廳參加一場盛大的晚宴。
archaic noun in historical context
The old poem described a harvest dine where villagers feasted on bread and wine.
那首古老詩歌描述了一場豐收盛宴，村民們享用著麵包和葡萄酒。
Historians note that the medieval dine often lasted several hours and had many courses.
歷史學家指出，中世紀的晚宴通常持續好幾個小時，並包含多道菜餚。
- dinner
the modern equivalent; use this in all contemporary contexts
用法筆記
This noun usage is essentially obsolete. Modern speakers always use 'dinner' instead. You may encounter it in historical novels, poetry, or deliberately old-fashioned writing. Do not use it in modern speech or writing — it will sound unnatural.