café

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ca·fé /ˈkæfeɪ $ kæˈfeɪ, kə-/ S2 noun [countableC]

1. DFDLa small restaurant where you can buy drinks and simple meals 咖啡馆，小餐馆 →4 See picture on 见图 Page A13 Town 城镇

2. Internet café/cybercafé a public place where you can pay to use the Internet and buy drinks etc 网吧，网络咖啡馆

n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1 : a small restaurant where you can buy drinks and simple meals

types of café

an outdoor café

The central square was full of outdoor cafés.

a pavement café British EnglishBrE, a sidewalk café American EnglishAmE (=with tables and chairs on the pavement outside)

We had a lunch at a pavement café in Montmartre.

a motorway café British EnglishBrE (=a café beside a motorway)

They stopped at a motorway café.

a transport café British EnglishBrE (=a cheap café beside a main road, mainly for lorry drivers)

Many transport cafés serve great breakfasts.

a roadside café (=a café beside a road)

She was a waitress at a roadside café.

verbs

run a café (=be in charge of a café)

His father ran a café in Lerwick.

Examples from the Corpus

café• As the days passed difference were definitely beginning to show, the Applecross café was doing great business.• As we pass one café, the waiters race out to drag tables and chairs inside.• He ran towards the remains of the café as everyone else ran away.• He takes them to a café terrace in the sun, orders coffee and croissants, and starts on the papers.• In 1972, when the café was in its infancy, I acquired a new agent.• There is no sign of a shop or café open anywhere.• Troops and supplies were crossing the Benouville bridge as I approached the café.

Origin café

(1800-1900) French “coffee, café”, from Turkish kahve; → COFFEE

ca·fé noun →n COLLOCATIONS1

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