tea

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常用用法

n. (名詞)

tea的基本意思是“茶葉,茶樹”; 也可指“茶水”,指用開水倒在曬〔炒〕乾的茶葉上泡制而成的飲料; 還可作“茶點”解,指包括茶在內的一種小喫,這種小喫通常有三明治和餅乾,有時稱爲午後茶點。
a tea指“一種茶,一客〔次〕茶點”,teas指“多種茶,多客〔次〕茶點”,tea統指“茶”。

词语辨析

n. (名詞)

tea, breakfast, dinner, lunch, meal, supper

這組詞均爲餐名,一般不加冠詞。其區別是：
dinner指正餐,多在晚上喫,也可指宴會; breakfast指早餐; lunch指午餐; meal指任何一餐; supper指晚餐; tea在英國,指下午茶。例如:
He asked me to dinner tonight.他邀請我今天晚上喫飯。
The dinner we had was excellent.我們喫的晚餐很豐盛。
I hope you will honour us with your presence at the dinner.我希望您能光臨此次晚宴。
I have breakfast at seven.我在7點喫早餐。
We have lunch at noon.我們在中午喫午飯。
He had a light meal at home.他在家喫了頓便餐。
I have supper at six.我6點喫晚飯。
They are having tea in the garden.他們正在園子裡喝下午茶。

下麪兩個句子的意思相同：

He invited us to tea.
He invited us for tea.
他請我們去喝茶。