| 释义 |
dine in verb in prison, to eat in your cell rather than communally. Hence the derivatives 'diner-in' and 'dining in' UK, 1950
dine in formal to eat dinner at home, not in a restaurant: Please tell Anton that we shall be dining in this evening.■ SIMILAR TO: eat in
dine inTo eat at one's home, as opposed to eating at a restaurant ("dining out"). Neither of us felt like going out, so we dined in tonight. dine into eat at home rather than at a restaurant. I think we will dine in tonight. I am tired of dining in. Let's go out. |