canteen
/kænˈtiːn/noun
1
- a restaurant provided by an organization such as a college, factory, or company for its students or staff(大学、工厂或公司的)食堂。
2
- Brit. a specially designed case or box containing a set of cutlery〈英〉餐具箱。
3
- a small water bottle, as used by soldiers or campers(士兵或露营者的)小水壶。
词源
mid 18th cent. (originally denoting a type of shop in a barracks or garrison town): from French cantine, from Italian cantina 'cellar'. A French use of cantine denoting a small compartmented case for carrying bottles of wine may have given rise to sense 2.