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cafeteria

英 [kæfɪ'tɪərɪə] 美[,kæfə'tɪrɪə]
  • n. 自助餐厅

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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。

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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?

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3. In the cafeteria we serve ourselves.
在自助餐馆我们是自己拿菜的.

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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。

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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。

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