refreshment
英 [rɪˈfreʃ.mənt]
美 [rɪˈfreʃ.mənt]
1、re- "again" + fresh => refresh.
2、refresh + -ment.
refreshment 点心,零售来自 refresh,恢复。比喻用法。
- refreshment (n.)
- late 14c., "act or fact of refreshing," originally mental and spiritual, from Old French refreschement (Modern French rafraîchissement, from refreschier (see refresh). Refreshments, of food and drink only, from 1660s.
- 1. Would you care to partake of some refreshment?
- 你想吃些东西吗?
- 2. He needs to stop fairly often for refreshment.
- 他须时不时地停下来喘口气.
- 3. They will be laying on liquid refreshment to fortify brides-to-be for the shopping extravaganza ahead.
- 他们将为准新娘们准备些酒,好让她们接下来有充沛精力疯狂购物。
- 4. Having not yet lunched, we went to the refreshment bar for ham sandwiches.
- 我们都没吃午饭,于是便去小吃店买了火腿三明治。
- 5. I hurried down to the platform and into the refreshment room , Steve was nowhere to be seen.
- 我匆忙赶到月台,又跑进小吃部,还是没看见史蒂夫.