A pantry is a small room, or a large closed cupboard, in a house where food is kept — the dry food especially: flour, rice, tins, jars, packets, bottles. It is not the fridge and it is not the whole kitchen; it is the store.

A pantrypantry is是 a small room一個小房間, or a large closed cupboard或是一個大型有門的櫃子, in a house where food is kept家裡用來放食物的——the dry food especially特別是乾貨: flour, rice, tins, jars, packets, bottles麵粉、米、罐頭、瓶罐、包裝食品、瓶子。It is not它不是 the fridge冰箱 and it is not也不是 the whole kitchen整個廚房; it is它是 the store儲藏的地方。

Classically it is a proper little room off the kitchen, cool and windowless or with one small window, with shelves from floor to ceiling. That is the picture the word carries, and it comes from bigger old houses. In modern flats a "pantry" is often just a tall cupboard, and people still call it that.

Classically傳統上 it is它是 a proper little room off the kitchen廚房旁邊一間正正經經的小房間, cool and windowless涼涼的、沒有窗戶 or with one small window或只有一扇小窗, with shelves from floor to ceiling架子從地板一路排到天花板。That is這就是 the picture the word carries這個字帶給人的畫面, and it comes from它來自 bigger old houses以前比較大的老房子。In modern flats在現代公寓裡 a "pantry" is oftenpantry 常常 just a tall cupboard就只是一個高高的櫃子, and people still call it that大家還是這樣叫它。

Two things about how it is used. It sounds slightly old-fashioned and slightly nice — estate agents love it, because it suggests a house with room to spare. And in American English it is more ordinary and more common than in British English; Americans will speak of the pantry where a British speaker might say the cupboard or the larder.

Two things about how it is used關於它的用法，有兩件事。It sounds它聽起來 slightly old-fashioned and slightly nice有點老派、又有點好聽——estate agents love it房地產仲介很愛用, because it suggests因為它暗示 a house with room to spare這間房子空間很寬裕。And in American English而在美式英文裡 it is more ordinary and more common than in British English它比英式英文更普通、更常見; Americans will speak of美國人會說 the pantrythe pantry where a British speaker might say英國人可能會說 the cupboard or the larderthe cupboard 或 the larder。

There is also "food pantry", mainly American, which is a charity that gives free food to people who need it — a food bank. That sense is worth knowing because it appears in the news.

There is also另外還有 "food pantry""food pantry", mainly American主要是美式用法, which is指 a charity that gives free food to people who need it一種發送免費食物給需要的人的慈善機構——a food bank也就是食物銀行。That sense is worth knowing這個意思值得知道 because it appears in the news因為它常出現在新聞裡。