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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- canteen [kæn'tiːn]
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1.
n
a restaurant attached to a factory, school, etc, providing meals for large numbers of people
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2.
n
a small shop that provides a limited range of items, such as toilet requisites, to a military unit
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3.
n
a recreation centre for military personnel
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4.
n
a soldier's eating and drinking utensils
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5.
n
a temporary or mobile stand at which food is provided
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6.
n
a box in which a set of cutlery is laid out
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7.
n
the cutlery itself
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8.
n
a flask or canister for carrying water or other liquids, as used by soldiers or travellers
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9.
n
[Etymology]
C18: from French cantine, from Italian cantina wine cellar, from canto corner, from Latin canthus iron hoop encircling chariot wheel; see
cant 2
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1.
n
a restaurant attached to a factory, school, etc, providing meals for large numbers of people
Examples
- the meeting will be in the canteen
- 会议将在食堂举行 → be
- 厂办食堂
- factory-run canteen → 厂
- 公共食堂
- canteen; mess; cafeteria → 公共
- 他在食堂问了一下开饭的时间。
- He inquired about the meal times at the canteen. → 问
- 学生灶
- students' dining room (or canteen) → 灶
- 行军壶
- canteen → 壶
- 食堂
- dining room; mess hall; canteen → 堂
- 由于学校离家远, 弟弟一直在学校的小饭桌带伙。
- My brother has to eat his meals in the small canteen, as we live quite far away from school. → 小饭桌
- 我中午不做饭，吃食堂。
- I don't cook lunch – I eat in the canteen. → 吃
- 餐厅
- canteen → 厅
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