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Front-of-house is the part of a theatre or hotel that the public walks through and uses: the foyer, the ticket desk, the bar, the lobby, the seats — not backstage, not the kitchens, not the staff-only corridors. In a theatre, front of house is everything on the audience’s side of the curtain; back of house is where the show is built. Hotels use it the same way: guests at the front, staff work at the back.
Front-of-house is Front-of-house 是 a theatre or hotel劇院或旅館裡 that the public walks through and uses公眾會走過、會使用 the part of的那部分: the foyer門廳、 the ticket desk售票櫃檯、 the bar酒吧、 the lobby大廳、 the seats座位 — not backstage不是後台、 not the kitchens不是廚房、 not the staff-only corridors不是員工專用的走道。 In a theatre在劇院裡 front of house front of house is是 on the audience's side of the curtain幕的觀眾那一側的 everything一切; back of house back of house is是 where the show is built節目被搭建起來的地方。 Hotels旅館 use it the same way用法相同: guests客人 at the front在前面、 staff員工 work at the back在後面工作。
Though actually, restaurants stole the phrase too: waiters work front of house and cooks work back of house. That use is about jobs, not rooms — a neighbouring use, not a different spelling. The sense here is the public areas themselves.
Though actually不過其實 restaurants餐廳 stole the phrase too把這個片語也偷去用了: waiters服務生 work front of house做的是外場 and cooks而廚師 work back of house做的是內場。 That use那個用法 is about講的是 jobs工作 not rooms不是空間 — a neighbouring use是相鄰的用法 not a different spelling不是不同的拼法。 The sense here這裡講的意思 is是 the public areas themselves公眾區域本身。
It is workplace English. It is not something you say about a family home.
It它 is是 workplace English職場英文。 It它 is not something不是 you say你會用來講 about a family home一般家庭住家的東西。
原始詞典資料1 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。
front-of-houseadj
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Of or relating to the front of house or public face of a business.
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。