table manners

英 [ˈteɪbl mænəz]

美 [ˈteɪbl mænərz]

n.  餐桌规矩; 进餐礼节

牛津词典

noun

• 餐桌规矩；进餐礼节
  the behaviour that is considered correct while you are having a meal at a table with other people

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 餐桌礼仪;用餐规矩
  You can usetable mannersto refer to the way you behave when you are eating a meal at a table.
  1. He attacked the food as quickly as decent table manners allowed.
     他在不失礼的情况下尽可能快地进餐。

双语例句

• All the other phases of his life were neglected; no one even bothered to teach him table manners.
  生活的其他方面全被忽视了；甚至没有人想到要教给他吃饭时应有的规矩。
• People think that's bad table manners!
  人们会认为那是很不礼貌的。
• I need a four letters word that had something to do with good table manners.
  我需要一个四个字母的单词，是关于保持良好的饭桌礼仪的举止的。
• His table manners surely give the lie to his claim that he went to a good school.
  他的席间举止揭穿了他声你上过一所好学校的谎言。
• Joan: I'd rather have good table manners than all the riches in the world!
  琼：我宁愿要有好的饭桌礼仪，而不要世界上的所有财富！
• Americans are considered to be informal, yet they have many table manners.
  美国人被认为是不拘礼节的民族，然而他们却有许多餐桌规矩。
• I'm really a bit nervous now, I know nothing of your table manners.
  我现在真有些不安。我对你们席间礼节一点也不懂。
• Father gave me a sermon on table manners.
  父亲就餐桌礼仪问题对我作了一番说教。
• If you met a young person with awful table manners, what would you think?
  如果你碰到过一个年轻人用餐礼仪十分糟糕，你会怎么看？
• If a foreign friend was visiting, could you explain Chinese table manners?
  倘若有个外国朋友前来拜访，你能给他们说一说中国的餐桌礼仪吗？