单词 | family style |
释义 | family style in American English US 1. a way of serving food, as in boardinghouses and some restaurants, in which the people at the table help themselves from large dishes passed around from hand to hand 2. (served) in this way family style in American Englishnoun (of a meal) with the serving platters on the table so that all present can serve themselves Word origin [1930–35, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: DNA, boondoggle, hypercorrection, kickback, videoExamples of 'family style' in a sentence |
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