cafeteria
英[kæfɪ'tɪərɪə]
美[,kæfə'tɪrɪə]
词态变化
复数: cafeterias;
中文词源
cafeteria 自助餐厅词源同coffee. -teria, 地名后缀。原指兼卖咖啡的小餐馆。
英文词源
- cafeteria
- cafeteria: see coffee
- cafeteria (n.)
- 1839, American English, from Mexican Spanish cafeteria "coffee store," from café "coffee" (see coffee) + Spanish -tería "place where something is done" (usually business). The ending came to be understood popularly as meaning "help-yourself" (as though café + -teria) and was extended to new formation with that sense from c. 1923.
双语例句
- 1. People are sprawled on makeshift beds in the cafeteria.
- 人们懒散地躺在食堂里搭起的临时床铺上。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Does the college cafeteria provide a healthful diet?
- 大学餐厅供应的膳食是否有益健康呢？
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. In the cafeteria we serve ourselves.
- 在自助餐馆我们是自己拿菜的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. I went and had an overpriced cup of coffee in the hotel cafeteria.
- 我去酒店的咖啡厅喝了一杯要价奇高的咖啡。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. I noticed a lone man in the cafeteria swabbing the floor as I passed.
- 我路过时注意到一个男子独自在自助餐厅里拖地。
来自柯林斯例句