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cafe

noun
 
/ˈkæfeɪ/
/kæˈfeɪ/
(also café)
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  1.  
     a place where you can buy drinks and simple meals. Alcohol is not usually served in British or American cafes咖啡馆，小餐馆（供应饮料和便餐，在英美国家通常不供应酒类）
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    • There are small shops and pavement cafes around every corner.每个角落都有小商店和人行道咖啡馆。
    • an outdoor cafe serving drinks and light meals一个户外咖啡馆，供应饮料和便餐
    • at a cafe They were having lunch at a cafe near the station.他们在车站附近的一家咖啡馆吃午餐。
    • in a cafe We stopped for a coffee in our favourite cafe.我们在我们最喜欢的咖啡馆停下来喝咖啡。
    see also cybercafe compare restaurantTopics Cooking and eatinga1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • pavement
    • sidewalk
    • transport
    • …
    verb + cafe
    • eat at
    • frequent
    • go to
    • …
    cafe + verb
    • serve something
    preposition
    • in a/​the cafe
    See full entry
  2. (South African English) a small shop that sells sweets, newspapers, food, etc. and usually stays open later than other shops 便利商店（出售糖果、报纸、食物等，通常比其他商店晚一些关门）
    3. Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French café ‘coffee or coffee house’.

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