afternoon tea

英 [ˌɑːftəˈnuːn tiː]

美 [ˌæftərˈnuːn tiː]

n.  午后茶点(包括茶和三明治、蛋糕等)

柯林斯词典

• 午后茶点（包括茶及三明治、蛋糕等）
  Afternoon teais a small meal you can have in the afternoon. It includes a cup of tea and food such as sandwiches and cakes.

英英释义

noun

• a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes
  1. an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea
  Synonym:teateatime

双语例句

• An Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea.
  一个英国人会中断一次战争去吃他的下午茶。
• They were having afternoon tea in the garden.
  他们正在花园里喝下午茶。
• But afternoon tea as a distinct ceremony, complete with pastries, was a Victorian invention.
  但是下午茶作为一种独特的礼节还是维多利亚时代的发明，没有糕点就不算下午茶。
• Then I brought me daughter to drink the afternoon tea in Venice Restaurant.
  于是，我就带着女儿去威尼斯餐厅喝下午茶。
• This hotel serves an afternoon tea, that's on the house.
  这家旅馆提供免费下午茶。
• Have afternoon tea, reading books, listening to music.
  要有喝下午茶、阅读书本、听音乐的习惯。
• What time do you have afternoon tea usually?
  你通常什么时间喝下午茶？
• Normally I do not finish working until afternoon tea, but yesterday I was all done and dusted after lunch.
  通常我要到喝下午茶以后才干完工作，可昨天我午饭后就干完了。
• After drinking afternoon tea in Venice Restaurant, we went to buy some daily goods.
  在威尼斯餐厅喝完下午茶之后，我们去买了一些日常用用品。
• Englishmen at large like to have the afternoon tea.
  英国人一般喜欢喝下午茶。