/daɪn; daɪn/
v
1 [I, Ipr] ~ (on sth) (fml 文) eat dinner 进餐; 用饭
*We dined on smoked salmon. 我们晚餐吃的是熏鲑鱼.
2 [Tn] (fml 文) give a dinner for (sb) 设宴款待（某人）; 宴请（某人）; 请（某人）吃饭
*We're dining the ambassador this week. 我们本星期宴请大使.
3 (idm 习语) wine and dine => wine v.
4 (phr v) dine out dine away from one's home (eg at a restaurant or in the home of friends) 在外吃饭, 出去吃（如在饭馆或朋友家）; 下馆子.

v [I]formal
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: diner, from Vulgar Latin disjejunare 'to eat after not eating for a time']
to eat dinner
　He was dining with friends at the Ritz.
→wine and dine sbatwine²
dine on/off [dine on/off sth] phr v
to eat a particular kind of food for dinner, especially expensive food
　We dined on lobster and strawberries.
dine outphr v
formal to eat dinner in a restaurant or in someone else's house
→eat out
　They would dine out together once a month.
dine out on sth
BrE informal to keep using a story about something that has happened to you, in order to entertain people at meals