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单词 coffeehouse
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cof•fee•house /ˈkɔfiˌhaʊs, ˈkɑfi-/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. an establishment that serves coffee and other refreshments.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cof•fee•house  (kô′fē hous′, kof′ē-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -hous•es (-hou′ziz),USA pronunciation v., -housed, -hous•ing. 
n. 
  1. a public place that specializes in serving coffee and other refreshments and that sometimes provides informal entertainment.
  2. (in 17th- and 18th-century England) a similar establishment where groups met for a particular purpose, as for informal discussions or card playing.

v.i. 
  1. [Informal.]to engage in aimless talk or chitchat.
  2. Games[Cards.]to make remarks and gestures during play with the purpose of misleading opponents as to the cards one holds.
  • coffee + house 1605–15
cof′fee•hous′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
coffee house n
  1. a place where coffee is served, esp one that was a fashionable meeting place in 18th-century London
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