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Starbucks is an American coffee-shop company, started in Seattle in 1971, with shops in most large cities around the world. It is the name of the company and also the name of any one of its shops: 'I work at Starbucks', 'there's a Starbucks on the corner', 'let's meet at the Starbucks near the station'. Always a capital S.
Starbucks is an American coffee-shop company星巴克是一家美國咖啡連鎖公司, started in Seattle in 1971一九七一年創立於西雅圖, with shops in most large cities around the world在全世界大多數大城市都有分店. It is the name of the company它是公司的名字, and also the name of any one of its shops也是任何一間分店的名字: 'I work at Starbucks'像「I work at Starbucks」, 'there's a Starbucks on the corner'「there's a Starbucks on the corner」, 'let's meet at the Starbucks near the station'「let's meet at the Starbucks near the station」. Always a capital S永遠要大寫 S
It already ends in -s, so people are unsure what to do with it, and in practice the plural and the singular look the same — 'three Starbucks in one street' is what people say, not 'three Starbuckses'. The is usually written Starbucks' or just left out by .
It already ends in -s它本身結尾就是 -s, so people are unsure what to do with it所以大家搞不清楚該怎麼處理, and in practice在實際使用上 the plural and the singular look the same單數複數看起來一樣 — 'three Starbucks in one street'大家會說「three Starbucks in one street」 is what people say, not 'three Starbuckses'而不是「three Starbuckses」. The possessive所有格 is usually written Starbucks'通常寫成 Starbucks' or just left out by rewording或乾脆改寫句子避開它
Because it is everywhere, the name has picked up meaning beyond coffee. Writers use it as a quick sign for global — every city looking alike — or for a comfortable middle-class habit. When someone says 'that's a very Starbucks thing to order', they are talking about a type of person, not about the shop.
Because it is everywhere因為它無所不在, the name has picked up meaning beyond coffee這個名字有了咖啡以外的含意. Writers use it作家會用它 as a quick sign for global sameness當作「全球到處都一樣」的簡便象徵 — every city looking alike每個城市看起來都一樣 — or for a comfortable middle-class habit或象徵一種舒適的中產階級習慣. When someone says 'that's a very Starbucks thing to order'當有人說「that's a very Starbucks thing to order」, they are talking about a type of person他們是在講一種人, not about the shop不是在講那間店
組成From the surname Starbuck plus -s, the way many company names are formed. The founders took the name from Starbuck, a character in the American novel Moby-Dick — the first mate on a whaling ship — and the novelist had taken it from a real whaling family from Nantucket. That family name traces back to a place in England called Starbeck. So the name arrived at coffee by way of a novel about whales.
原始詞典資料3 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。
Starbucksname/ˈstɑːˌbʌks/
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A widespread chain of coffee shops.
- Each week, more than 33 million folks worldwide pass through a Starbucks. Plus, up to three Starbucks open every day somewhere on the globe.
- Consider the Starbucks effect in the slogans written up recently in Fast Company magazine, where companies from various sectors now aspire to be the 'Starbucks of their respective industry': ...
Starbucksnoun/ˈstɑːˌbʌks/
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A coffee from Starbucks.
- I swear, if I had been drinking my Starbucks today it would have gone up my nose.
- One part-time sociologist made an even more damning indictment: “Calling yourself a coffee nerd while drinking Starbucks is like calling yourself a beer nerd while drinking Budweiser.”
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。