Word · Frequency #5986
café
咖啡馆；酒店
a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
- 1.
A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.
咖啡店；售卖咖啡及有时提供其他非酒精饮料、简餐或小吃,并设有堂食场所的店铺。
咖啡店；售卖咖啡及有时提供其他非酒精饮料、简餐或小吃,并设有堂食场所的店铺。；咖啡馆；酒店
In use
Let's meet at the café on Main Street for coffee.
She works part-time at a local café.
There are several cozy cafes in this neighborhood.
at a café
at用于表示在某个地点从事活动。
She works at a café.
她在一家咖啡馆工作。
go to a café
to表示方向或目的。
I want to go to a café to read.
我想去咖啡馆看书。
a café with
with表示拥有某种特征。
I like a café with a cozy atmosphere.
我喜欢有舒适氛围的咖啡馆。
Common mistakes
I had a cup of café for breakfast.I had a cup of coffee for breakfast.
“café”指的是咖啡馆或餐馆，不是咖啡饮料。表示咖啡应用“coffee”。
I want to go to café.I want to go to a café.
“café”是可数名词，单数形式前需要冠词“a/an”或“the”。中文学习者常因母语无冠词而遗漏。
Connections
Collocations
- outdoor café
- 露天咖啡馆
- We sat at an outdoor café and watched the people go by.我们坐在露天咖啡馆里，看着人来人往。
- sidewalk café
- 路边咖啡馆
- Paris is famous for its sidewalk cafés.巴黎以其路边咖啡馆而闻名。
- internet café
- 网吧；网络咖啡馆
- I went to an internet café to check my email.我去网吧查收邮件。
- café culture
- 咖啡馆文化
- The city has a vibrant café culture.这个城市有着充满活力的咖啡馆文化。
- café owner
- 咖啡馆老板
- The café owner greeted us with a warm smile.咖啡馆老板微笑着迎接我们。
- local café
Learner notes
Memory Tip
café发音类似'咖啡'，咖啡馆就是喝咖啡的小店。
Context & Register
通常用于咖啡馆、小餐馆等休闲用餐场合，语气中性偏随意。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words share the 'é' ending pronounced /eɪ/ with stress on the final syllable, matching 'café's rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.