lunch

1.lunch在英国对于晚上吃dinner的人来说指“午餐”，对于午时吃dinner的人来说指早餐和dinner中间的小餐（参见dinner 1）。在美国指任何时候的小餐。用作动词也有这个区别。

2.lunch有时指“餐事”，有时指“吃的东西”。不论作哪个解，有时是类名词，有时不是。例如：

• We had an open-air lunch together.
• I found him at lunch.
• His mother gave him a lunch to take to school.
• He could not eat much lunch.