pub
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pub /pʌb/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countable] DLa building in Britain where alcohol can be bought and drunk, and where meals are often served 〔英国的〕酒馆，酒吧 → bar Do you fancy going to the pub? 你想去酒吧吗？ a pub lunch 酒吧午餐 the pub landlord 酒吧老板 →4 See picture on 见图 Page A11 Where to stay 住的地方
Examples from the Corpus
pub• If the plans get the go-ahead the Inn will become a hotel, pub and nightclub with a restaurant and cocktail bar.• The development of pub retailing has shown a corrective instinct for seeking to set a purpose built business in the right location.• The nearest centre with camping, chip shops, pubs etc is St Just, five miles south down the B3306.• Tired of tiptoeing through your neighbour's tulips after a heavy night down the pub?• After dinner they had walked in the grounds as a threesome before Lee had suggested another trip to the pub.• The pub was a pullulating stew of people, swelling and bubbling behind a screen of smoke.From Longman Business Dictionarypub.pub. American English written abbreviation for PUBLICATIONpubpub British English written abbreviation for PUBLICOrigin pub (1800-1900) public housepub nounChinese
Corpus Britain where a in can alcohol Business building
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pub S2 W3 /pʌb/
noun [countable]
Do you fancy going to the pub?
a pub lunch
the pub landlord
▪ bar a place where people go to buy and drink alcoholic drinks: A man went into a bar and ordered a drink. | Let’s meet up in the hotel bar. | The city centre is full of wine bars and restaurants. | The club has a restaurant and a cocktail bar.
▪pub a building in Britain where alcohol can be bought and drunk, and where meals are often served: Do you fancy going to the pub? | a country pub
▪public house British English formal a pub: The fight took place outside a public house in the city centre.
▪sb’s local informal a pub near where you live, especially one you often go to: The Red Lion’s my local.
▪inn a small hotel or pub, especially an old one in the countryside – often used in the name of the hotel or pub: The Bull Inn dates back to the 15th century. | The hotel was once a 17th century coaching inn (=used by people travelling by coach and horses).
▪gastropub a pub that is known to serve very good food: a gastropub with a riverside restaurant | the Windmill Gastropub
▪tavern British English a pub in the past where you could also stay the night – used nowadays in the names of some pubs: the Turf Tavern | Marlowe was killed in a fight in a tavern.
▪watering hole informal a bar, pub etc where people drink alcohol – often used humorously. A watering hole is also the name for a place where wild animals go to drink: The bar became a popular watering hole for journalists. | What’s your favorite watering hole?
▪dive informal a bar, club etc that is cheap and dirty: The place is a bit of dive.
▪honky-tonk American English informal a cheap bar where country music is played: They played in every honky-tonk in Tennessee.
▪saloon a bar in the western United States. Also used in Britain about the part of a pub which has comfortable chairs where you can sit and relax: I felt like a cowboy walking into a saloon in the Wild West. | Do you want to stay in the saloon, or would rather go into the other bar?
pub S2 W3 /pʌb/
noun [countable] Date: 1800-1900
Origin: public house
a building in Britain where alcohol can be bought and drunk, and where meals are often served ⇨ bar:Origin: public house
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