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

• This hotel serves an afternoon tea, that's on the house.
  这家旅馆提供免费下午茶。
• 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。
• They also drink afternoon tea in their sitting room or in their gardens.
  他们在起居室，或者自己的花园里，也喜欢喝下午茶。
• How comes the afternoon tea?
  你知道下午茶的来由吗？
• Join me for a late afternoon tea.
  就是跟我一起去喝个下午茶。
• Englishmen at large like to have the afternoon tea.
  英国人一般喜欢喝下午茶。
• Have afternoon tea, reading books, listening to music.
  要有喝下午茶、阅读书本、听音乐的习惯。
• The monk returned and asked who ate his afternoon tea.
  老和尚回来之后便询问是谁把他的点心给吃掉了。
• We usually have afternoon tea at about3pm.
  我们通常下午三点喝下午茶。
• Early in Victorian England, the afternoon tea is not only a British an upper social decorous eating habits.
  早在英国维多利亚时代，下午茶已经不仅仅是英国的一种上层社会文雅的饮食习惯。