Word · Frequency #19059
cafeteria
自助餐厅
a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
- 1.
a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
自助餐厅,自己取餐并到收银台付款
自助餐厅,自己取餐并到收银台付款；自助餐厅；[经] 自助餐厅
In use
We usually eat lunch at the cafeteria near our office.
The new cafeteria has a salad bar and a hot soup station.
Many cafeterias now offer vegan options every day.
eat in/at a cafeteria
强调在自助餐厅内用餐时常用 in；表示在某个地点也可用 at。
We usually eat in the cafeteria at noon.
我们通常中午在自助餐厅吃饭。
go to the cafeteria
go to the cafeteria 后常接 for 引出目的。
Let's go to the cafeteria for a snack.
我们去自助餐厅吃点东西吧。
cafeteria + noun
cafeteria 可直接作定语修饰名词，如 cafeteria food、cafeteria staff。
I left my bag on the cafeteria table.
我把包落在自助餐厅的桌子上了。
Common mistakes
I usually have lunch in cafeteria.I usually have lunch in the cafeteria.
cafeteria 是可数名词，单数前需要冠词；汉语没有冠词，所以容易漏掉 the。加上 the 后指某个具体的自助餐厅。
There are three cafeteria on campus.There are three cafeterias on campus.
cafeteria 是可数名词，与 three 等数量词连用时必须用复数 cafeterias；汉语名词不分单复数，所以容易漏掉 -s。
We ate cafeteria for lunch.We ate at the cafeteria for lunch.
英语中 eat 的宾语是食物，不能把地点 cafeteria 直接作宾语；汉语可以说“吃食堂”，英语需用介词 at 引入地点，并加冠词 the。
Connections
Collocations
- school cafeteria
- 学校自助餐厅
- The school cafeteria serves hot meals at lunch.学校自助餐厅午餐供应热食。
- cafeteria food
- 自助餐厅食物
- Many students complain about the cafeteria food.许多学生抱怨自助餐厅的食物。
- cafeteria tray
- 自助餐厅托盘
- She picked up a cafeteria tray and joined the line.她拿起一个自助餐厅托盘，加入排队行列。
- hospital cafeteria
- 医院自助餐厅
- We met in the hospital cafeteria for coffee.我们在医院自助餐厅喝咖啡见面。
- cafeteria worker
- 自助餐厅工作人员
- The cafeteria worker smiled as she handed me a plate.自助餐厅工作人员微笑着递给我一个盘子。
- cafeteria table
Learner notes
Memory Tip
开头是cafe（咖啡馆），自助餐厅像咖啡馆一样自己端盘取餐，把饭菜“提”到桌上。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：学校、公司、医院 “cafeteria” 是中性词，多用于学校、公司、医院等场所的自助式餐厅；在日常口语和书面语中都比较常见，没有明显的正式或非正式色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Bacteria, criteria, hysteria, and wisteria all end with -teria and rhyme with cafeteria (/ˌkæfəˈtɪriə/), since their stressed vowel is /ɪ/ followed by /riə/. Beware of lookalikes such as area /ˈɛriə/ and idea /aɪˈdiə/, which look similar but sound different.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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