A well-known American restaurant chain. The name is short for International House of Pancakes, and you say it as a word, not letter by letter: 'EYE-hop'.

A well-known American restaurant chain一家知名的美國連鎖餐廳. The name is short for這名字是 International House of PancakesInternational House of Pancakes（國際鬆餅之家）的縮寫, and you say it as a word而且要當一個字唸, not letter by letter不是一個字母一個字母拼: 'EYE-hop'唸作「EYE-hop」.

It is a sit-down family restaurant, not fast food — you sit in a booth, a server comes over, and coffee gets refilled again and again. Pancakes and waffles and big breakfast plates are the main thing, and the key point for learners is that Americans eat breakfast food there at any hour: many branches are open late or all night, so IHOP is where students go after a night out and where families go on Sunday morning.

It is a sit-down family restaurant它是坐下來吃的家庭餐廳, not fast food不是速食店 — you sit in a booth你坐在卡座裡, a server comes over服務生會過來點餐, and coffee gets refilled again and again咖啡也會一直幫你續杯. Pancakes and waffles and big breakfast plates鬆餅、格子鬆餅和大份早餐 are the main thing是主打, and the key point for learners is that而學習者要抓住的重點是 Americans eat breakfast food there at any hour美國人在那裡什麼時間都能吃早餐: many branches are open late or all night很多分店開到很晚甚至通宵, so IHOP is where students go after a night out所以IHOP是學生夜遊完會去的地方 and where families go on Sunday morning也是家庭星期天早上會去的地方.

It also serves burgers and dinner food, but nobody thinks of it that way. In American speech it works like any place name — 'let's go to IHOP', 'we met at IHOP' — usually with no 'the'.

It also serves burgers and dinner food它也有賣漢堡和晚餐類的食物, but nobody thinks of it that way但沒有人會那樣想它. In American speech在美式口語裡 it works like any place name它就跟任何地名一樣用 — 'let's go to IHOP', 'we met at IHOP'「let's go to IHOP」、「we met at IHOP」 — usually with no 'the'通常前面不加the.

It carries a mild feeling of cheap, ordinary, comforting, slightly uncool, which is why it shows up as a joke in American TV and films. There are no branches in Taiwan, so for students it is mostly a word you MEET rather than use — in a sitcom, in a song, in a friend's photo.

It carries a mild feeling of它帶有一點 cheap, ordinary, comforting, slightly uncool便宜、普通、療癒、有點不酷的感覺, which is why it shows up as a joke這也是為什麼它常被拿來開玩笑 in American TV and films在美國電視劇和電影裡. There are no branches in Taiwan台灣沒有分店, so for students it is mostly所以對學生來說它主要是 a word you MEET rather than use一個你會「遇到」而不是「用到」的字 — in a sitcom, in a song, in a friend's photo在情境喜劇裡、歌裡、朋友的照片裡.