sweet food eaten at the end of a meal（饭后）甜点，甜食- What's for dessert?餐后甜点吃什么？🔊🔊
- a rich chocolate dessert腻人的巧克力甜点
- a dessert wine餐末甜酒
- (British English) the dessert trolley (= a table on wheels from which you choose your dessert in a restaurant)（餐厅内）送甜点的手推车
Homophones desert | dessertdesert dessert - desert verb
- His companions desert him as he dies.他死后，他的同伴们抛弃了他。
- dessert noun
- Summer pudding has long been a favourite English dessert.夏季布丁一直是英国人最喜欢的甜点。
Collocations RestaurantsRestaurants餐馆Eating out去餐馆吃饭- eat (lunch/dinner)/dine/meet at/in a restaurant在一家餐馆吃（午／晚）饭／进餐／碰面
- go (out)/take somebody (out) for lunch/dinner/a meal去／带某人去（外面）吃午饭／吃晚饭／用餐
- have a meal with somebody与某人一起吃饭
- make/have a reservation (in/under the name of Yamada)（以山田的名字）预订座位
- reserve/ (especially British English) book a table for six预订一张坐六人的桌子
- ask for/request a table for two/a table by the window要一张两人桌／靠窗的桌子
In the restaurant在餐馆- wait to be seated等待就座
- show somebody to their table把某人引到桌旁
- sit in the corner/by the window/at the bar/at the counter坐在角落／窗边／吧台边／柜台边
- hand somebody/give somebody the menu/wine list把菜单／酒水单递给某人
- open/read/study/peruse the menu打开／看／仔细看菜单
- the restaurant has a three-course set menu/a children’s menu/an extensive wine list这餐馆有一个三道菜的套餐／儿童菜单／丰富的酒水单
- taste/sample/try the wine品尝葡萄酒
- the waiter takes your order服务生帮你点餐
- order/choose/have the soup of the day/one of the specials/the house (British English) speciality/(especially North American English) specialty点当日例汤／一道特色菜／餐馆特色菜
- serve/finish the first course/the starter/the main course/dessert/coffee端上／吃完第一道菜／开胃菜／主菜／甜点；端上／喝完咖啡
- complain about the food/the service/your meal抱怨食物／服务／饭菜不好
- enjoy your meal享用饭菜
Paying结账- pay/ask for (especially British English) the bill/(North American English) the check付账；要求结账
- pay for/treat somebody to dinner/lunch/the meal付晚饭／午饭／饭钱；请某人吃晚饭／午饭／饭
- service is (not) included不含服务费
- give somebody/leave (somebody) a tip给某人小费
compare afters, pudding, sweetExtra Examples- The waiter asked us if we'd like to order a dessert.服务员问我们是否要点甜点。
- This chestnut pudding is a rich dessert with a festive flavour.这个栗子布丁是味浓的节日特色甜点。
- We finished off with a dessert of honey and nuts.我们最后吃了蜂蜜果仁甜点。
- We had mousse for dessert.我们甜点吃了慕斯。
Topics Fooda2, Cooking and eatinga2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + dessertdessert + nounprepositionSee full entry Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, past participle of desservir ‘clear the table’, from des- (expressing removal) + servir ‘to serve’.