核心畫面
You can picture canteen as a place or a thing that keeps food and drink ready for people who are away from home — a room at the back of a school or factory where trays of cheap hot food are handed out at noon, and, on the other side of the word, a small container carried on a strap that holds your water while you walk all day.
可以想成「把吃喝的補給備在那裡,給離開家的人隨時取用」:一種畫面是工廠或學校後面那間餐廳,中午一到就有熱食一份一份端…更多收起
可以想成「把吃喝的補給備在那裡,給離開家的人隨時取用」:一種畫面是工廠或學校後面那間餐廳,中午一到就有熱食一份一份端出來,價錢便宜;另一種畫面是掛在肩上的小罐子,裡面裝著你走一整天要喝的水。兩邊都不是餐桌上的正式排場,而是「在外面的時候,補給就在手邊」。原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
canteennoun/kænˈtiːn/
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A water bottle, flask, or other vessel, typically used by a soldier or camper as a bottle for carrying water or liquor for drink.
- Come, stack arms, Men! Pile on the rails; stir up the campfire bright; no matter if the canteen fails, we'll make a roaring night. Here Shenandoah brawls along, there burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, to swell the Brigade's rousing song, of “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.”
- 2
A military mess kit.
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A box with compartments for storing eating utensils, silverware etc.
- 4
A temporary or mobile café used in an emergency or on a film location etc.
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A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.
- He ordered a salad at the canteen.
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A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.
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A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.
- Yeah, I worked that bitch. She was buying me all the canteen I wanted.
- “Well, le’me give you some advice,” he continued. “If someone offers you some canteen, don’t take it.” I instinctively knew what he was warning me against. But I felt slightly disrespected because it wasn’t as if I were a frail young girl who might go out on a date with someone and feel obligated to have sex because the guy had bought me a Happy Meal. The way I saw it, if someone wanted to give me some canteen, I was getting something for nothing!
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。