English Dictionary

luncheon

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈlʌntʃ.ən/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 廃用

A formal meal served in the middle of the day. / (obsolete) Any midday meal; lunch. / (obsolete) A lump of food.

日本語の意味

昼の正式な会食、一部は正午に提供される公式な昼食会 / 昼食（古語的な用法で、正午に食べる食事を指す） / 食べ物の塊（古語的な用法）

The company hosted a luncheon to celebrate the project's completion.

その会社はプロジェクトの完了を祝うために昼食会を主催した。

意味（1）

A formal meal served in the middle of the day.

Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.

意味（2）

(obsolete) Any midday meal; lunch.

Have you had luncheon?

意味（3）

(obsolete) A lump of food.

意味（4）

(obsolete) A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast.

At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.

luncheons （ plural ）