单词 | cafe |
释义 | cafe (once / 1302 pages) n A cafe is a coffee shop, or a small restaurant where coffee is served. Your neighborhood cafe might be a good place to get a piece of pie and a cup of coffee. You could stop by a cafe for lunch, or just grab a coffee and a muffin to go. You can also call a cafe a "coffeehouse" or "coffee shop," and while the word is similar to cafeteria — and the two share a root word — a cafeteria tends to be a buffet-style restaurant or dining hall. Cafe comes from the French café, which means both "coffee" and "coffeehouse." WORD FAMILYcafe: cafes USAGE EXAMPLESOur first thought was to be a 24-hour bookstore/bar/cafe, but we scaled that back a bit. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Ms. Garratt taught international trade and management at a local university while her husband ran the cafe, organizing weekly “English Corner” language exchanges. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) “Back then, it was like the corner drug store or cafe,” Koppes said. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) n a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold Syn|Hypo|Hyper coffee bar, coffee shop, coffeehouse caff informal British term for a cafe cybercafea cafe whose customers sit at computer terminals and log on to the internet while they eat and drink espresso shopa cafe where espresso is served estamineta small (and usually shabby) cafe selling wine and beer and coffee pull-in, pull-upa roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers eatery, eating house, eating place, restaurant a building where people go to eat |
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