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单词 cafe
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Definition of cafe in English:

cafe

(also café)
nounˈkafiˈkafeɪ
  • 1A small restaurant selling light meals and drinks.

    小餐馆;饮食摊

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We could go into cafes and restaurants and enjoy a decent meal without having to exceed a tenner.
    • They are sold in supermarkets, cafés and restaurants.
    • There are supermarkets to buy food, takeaways, cafes and licensed restaurants.
    • Urban dwellers may eat a light meal at a café or restaurant in the evening.
    • I want to drink coffee in cafes and laugh with my friends.
    • The idea is that the actual bylaw stays in place but the police will exercise greater discretion to allow drinking in closed off areas outside cafes and restaurants.
    • We spend the afternoon wandering around the area in the blistering heat, popping into the various cafes to drink the best coffee in the world.
    • This corner of trendy Broughton Street has seen a number of restaurants, bistros and cafes come and go in relatively quick succession, but the most recent arrival looks like being a keeper.
    • He said that the research also revealed that people were becoming increasingly concerned about hygiene practices in takeaways, restaurants and cafes.
    • However, be prepared to step up a gear around the huge variety of bars, restaurants and cafes serving delicious meals at less than a fiver-a-head on the Avineda del Generalrismo.
    • An hour later the three were chatting over hot chocolate in the small cafe that served hot drinks and food to skaters.
    • To help maintain your dancing energy, a café will serve inexpensive light meals in the downstairs lounge throughout the evening.
    • Small restaurants, cafes selling coffee and tea, as well as stalls selling sandwiches and fruit juice are in abundance, spread all over the city.
    • There are well-lit shopping malls, ice cream parlours, restaurants, eateries, cafes, so on and so forth.
    • They'll be showing up everywhere in cafes, tearooms, restaurants.
    • Even though it was still some time till midday, diners were greedily eating in the restaurants and cafés.
    • He could not enter restaurants or cafés apart from third-class railway and steamer buffets.
    • Young men and women walk or sit together in the parks, while older men gather in cafes to drink tea and play backgammon.
    • These events are often held at restaurants, cafes and coffee houses.
    • Away from boulevards and cafes, away from lights and crowds, he lived among the narrow, twisting alleys behind the quartier portugais.
    Synonyms
    snack bar, cafeteria, buffet
    coffee bar, coffee shop, tea room, tea shop
    restaurant, bistro, brasserie, wine bar, cafe bar, cybercafe
    British milk bar
    North American diner
    informal greasy spoon, eatery, noshery
    British informal caff
    dated pull-up, pull-in
    rare estaminet
  • 2North American A bar or nightclub.

    〈北美〉酒吧;夜总会

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The album as a whole sets you in the back of a 70's jazz café, where you can witness budding young musicians showcasing their talents.
    • Many have taken to paying people to go to bars, cafes and clubs to talk up the relative merits of a product to complete strangers in the guise of casual conversation.
    • We'd go to nightclubs and cafés, hear jazz bands play or go to open-air symphonies.
    • Like it or not, bars, pubs and cafés are our public squares, where people meet to participate in the social life of the city.
    • I hung out in neighborhoods, and went to cafes at night.
    • After we had taken a picture of every square inch of the landscape we headed back inside for a drink in the cafe.
    • The clashes are mostly triggered over protection rackets targeting nightclubs, bars and karaoke cafes operated by soldiers and policemen.
    • People were filling the cafes and bars that occupied the ground floors as we went to bed around 1PM.
    • Jake suggested the four go to a café for drinks, and all gladly accepted.
    • Some time later (the next night, it seems) she stumbles drunk into a cafe where he happens to be.
    • For example, they have a club that hosts gay discos once a week and a cafe / bar which is gay friendly and is mainly used by lesbians.
    • At no more that half an hour's drive or train journey away, we would go there to shop, have a bite of lunch, and stop off at a cafe for a drink.
    • The docks area of Leith buzzes with a large selection of pubs, cafes and clubs.
    • Everyone in the cafe had stopped drinking and was looking over at us.
    • I'd felt content, unburdened in the café, drinking and laughing and free of gossip for a spell.
  • 3South African A shop selling sweets, cigarettes, newspapers, etc. and staying open after normal hours.

    〈南非〉杂货店(卖糖果,香烟,报纸和易变质物品,在正常时间之外继续营业)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Corner cafes have since been replaced by petrol station 'quick-shops', but these will still be referred to as the corner cafe.

Origin

Early 19th century: from French café 'coffee or coffee house'.

cafe1

(also café)
noun
  • 1A small restaurant selling light meals and drinks.

    小餐馆;饮食摊

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This corner of trendy Broughton Street has seen a number of restaurants, bistros and cafes come and go in relatively quick succession, but the most recent arrival looks like being a keeper.
    • Away from boulevards and cafes, away from lights and crowds, he lived among the narrow, twisting alleys behind the quartier portugais.
    • However, be prepared to step up a gear around the huge variety of bars, restaurants and cafes serving delicious meals at less than a fiver-a-head on the Avineda del Generalrismo.
    • We spend the afternoon wandering around the area in the blistering heat, popping into the various cafes to drink the best coffee in the world.
    • There are supermarkets to buy food, takeaways, cafes and licensed restaurants.
    • There are well-lit shopping malls, ice cream parlours, restaurants, eateries, cafes, so on and so forth.
    • I want to drink coffee in cafes and laugh with my friends.
    • He could not enter restaurants or cafés apart from third-class railway and steamer buffets.
    • To help maintain your dancing energy, a café will serve inexpensive light meals in the downstairs lounge throughout the evening.
    • The idea is that the actual bylaw stays in place but the police will exercise greater discretion to allow drinking in closed off areas outside cafes and restaurants.
    • He said that the research also revealed that people were becoming increasingly concerned about hygiene practices in takeaways, restaurants and cafes.
    • Young men and women walk or sit together in the parks, while older men gather in cafes to drink tea and play backgammon.
    • We could go into cafes and restaurants and enjoy a decent meal without having to exceed a tenner.
    • Small restaurants, cafes selling coffee and tea, as well as stalls selling sandwiches and fruit juice are in abundance, spread all over the city.
    • Even though it was still some time till midday, diners were greedily eating in the restaurants and cafés.
    • Urban dwellers may eat a light meal at a café or restaurant in the evening.
    • They'll be showing up everywhere in cafes, tearooms, restaurants.
    • They are sold in supermarkets, cafés and restaurants.
    • An hour later the three were chatting over hot chocolate in the small cafe that served hot drinks and food to skaters.
    • These events are often held at restaurants, cafes and coffee houses.
    Synonyms
    snack bar, cafeteria, buffet
  • 2North American A bar or nightclub.

    〈北美〉酒吧;夜总会

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For example, they have a club that hosts gay discos once a week and a cafe / bar which is gay friendly and is mainly used by lesbians.
    • After we had taken a picture of every square inch of the landscape we headed back inside for a drink in the cafe.
    • I'd felt content, unburdened in the café, drinking and laughing and free of gossip for a spell.
    • Some time later (the next night, it seems) she stumbles drunk into a cafe where he happens to be.
    • Many have taken to paying people to go to bars, cafes and clubs to talk up the relative merits of a product to complete strangers in the guise of casual conversation.
    • I hung out in neighborhoods, and went to cafes at night.
    • The album as a whole sets you in the back of a 70's jazz café, where you can witness budding young musicians showcasing their talents.
    • We'd go to nightclubs and cafés, hear jazz bands play or go to open-air symphonies.
    • Like it or not, bars, pubs and cafés are our public squares, where people meet to participate in the social life of the city.
    • People were filling the cafes and bars that occupied the ground floors as we went to bed around 1PM.
    • The clashes are mostly triggered over protection rackets targeting nightclubs, bars and karaoke cafes operated by soldiers and policemen.
    • Everyone in the cafe had stopped drinking and was looking over at us.
    • Jake suggested the four go to a café for drinks, and all gladly accepted.
    • At no more that half an hour's drive or train journey away, we would go there to shop, have a bite of lunch, and stop off at a cafe for a drink.
    • The docks area of Leith buzzes with a large selection of pubs, cafes and clubs.
  • 3A serving of coffee, especially prepared European-style.

    in combination an assortment of cappuccinos and café mochas
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We picked up some cafe mochas and some chocolate expresso beans for the ‘Queen.’
    • It looks more of a chocolate, chestnut, café mocha muddy mesh.
    • Her flesh, flawless and smooth, reminded him of café mocha.
    • I've managed to spill a cafe mocha all down my new top cause I missed my mouth with the mug.
    • I'm having trouble picking between café mocha and a ‘Colombian Delight’.
    • At the simplest level, a cafe mocha is simply chocolate in your coffee.

Origin

Early 19th century: from French café ‘coffee or coffee house’.

CAFE2

abbreviation
  • Corporate Average Fuel Economy.

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