1896, British student slang merger of breakfast and lunch.
To be fashionable nowadays we must 'brunch'. Truly an excellent portmanteau word, introduced, by the way, last year, by Mr. Guy Beringer, in the now defunct Hunter's Weekly, and indicating a combined breakfast and lunch. ["Punch," Aug. 1, 1896]
中文解释
1、breakfast + lunch.
实用例句
1. They eat much the same thing for brunch every day.
每天早午餐他们总是吃同样的东西.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. We had a Sunday brunch of bagels.
我们星期日的早午餐吃了硬面包圈.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. No , I didn't. But I had a big brunch.
没吃. 但我吃了顿早午饭.
来自魔法英语-口语突破（高中）
4. What did you have for your brunch?
你早午饭都吃些 什么 ?
来自魔法英语-口语突破（高中）
5. I don't know why we have to have brunch with total strangers.