a place where you can buy and eat a meal 餐馆;餐厅 We're going to try this Italian restaurant that just opened. 我们打算去这家刚开张的意大利餐馆吃吃看。 They stopped at a fast-food restaurant on the way to the concert. 去音乐会的路上,他们在一家快餐店停了下来。 We had a meal in a restaurant. 我们在餐厅吃了顿饭。 We went to my favourite restaurant to celebrate. 我们去了我最喜欢的餐馆庆祝。 a restaurant chain/owner 连锁餐馆/餐馆老板
Collocations Restaurantscompare cafeRestaurants 餐馆 Eating out 去餐馆吃饭 - eat (lunch/dinner)/dine/meet at/in a restaurant
在一家餐馆吃(午/晚)饭/进餐/碰面 - go (out)/take somebody (out) for lunch/dinner/a meal
去/带某人去(外面)吃午饭/吃晚饭/用餐 - have a meal with somebody
与某人一起吃饭 - make/have a reservation (in/under the name of Yamada)
(以山田的名字)预订座位 - reserve/ (especially British English) book a table for six
预订一张坐六人的桌子 - ask for/request a table for two/a table by the window
要一张两人桌/靠窗的桌子
In the restaurant 在餐馆 - wait to be seated
等待就座 - show somebody to their table
把某人引到桌旁 - sit in the corner/by the window/at the bar/at the counter
坐在角落/窗边/吧台边/柜台边 - hand somebody/give somebody the menu/wine list
把菜单/酒水单递给某人 - open/read/study/peruse the menu
打开/看/仔细看菜单 - the restaurant has a three-course set menu/a children’s menu/an extensive wine list
这餐馆有一个三道菜的套餐/儿童菜单/丰富的酒水单 - taste/sample/try the wine
品尝葡萄酒 - the waiter takes your order
服务生帮你点餐 - order/choose/have the soup of the day/one of the specials/the house (British English) speciality/(especially North American English) specialty
点当日例汤/一道特色菜/餐馆特色菜 - serve/finish the first course/the starter/the main course/dessert/coffee
端上/吃完第一道菜/开胃菜/主菜/甜点;端上/喝完咖啡 - complain about the food/the service/your meal
抱怨食物/服务/饭菜不好 - enjoy your meal
享用饭菜
Paying 结账 - pay/ask for (especially British English) the bill/(North American English) the check
付账;要求结账 - pay for/treat somebody to dinner/lunch/the meal
付晚饭/午饭/饭钱;请某人吃晚饭/午饭/饭 - service is (not) included
不含服务费 - give somebody/leave (somebody) a tip
给某人小费
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatinga1a self-service restaurant 自助餐馆 If you're too tired to cook, let's go to a restaurant. 如果你太累了不想做饭,我们就下馆子吧。 It operates 79 restaurants in 26 states. 它在 26 个州开有 79 家饭店。 Restaurant workers are often badly paid. 饭店员工薪水一般都很低。 She decided to open her own restaurant. 她决定开一家自己的餐馆。 She eats at the hotel restaurant when she travels on business. 她出差时在宾馆餐厅就餐。 She frequented the restaurant on almost a weekly basis. 她几乎每周都要去那家餐馆。 She runs a family fish restaurant on the seafront. 她在滨海区开了一个家常鱼饭馆。 The hotel restaurant serves a buffet breakfast. 这家旅馆餐厅提供自助早餐。 They argued the whole time we were at the restaurant. 我们在饭店时他们一直在争论。 They walked out of the restaurant without paying. 他们没付账就离开了饭店。 We don't do a lot of restaurant dining. 我们不常去餐馆吃饭。 We had a quick meal in a small local restaurant. 我们在当地的一家小饭馆匆匆吃了顿饭。 We would recommend this restaurant to anyone. 我们愿向所有人推荐这家餐馆。 a little restaurant I know in Paris 我知道的一个巴黎小餐馆 a restaurant offering a wide variety of local specialities 提供各种当地特色菜的饭馆 an Asian restaurant specializing in Thai cuisine 专做泰国菜的亚洲餐馆 hygiene standards in the restaurant industry 餐饮业的卫生标准 some of the hottest restaurants in New York 纽约的一些最新潮的饭店 the country's most successful chain restaurants 该国最成功的连锁饭店 the few local shops and restaurants catering to summer visitors 当地为数不多的几家接待夏季游客的商店和餐馆 the increasing cost of restaurant meals 在餐馆吃饭越来越高的花费
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- little
- small
- …
- go out to
- go to
- visit
- …
- offer something
- serve something
- specialize in something
- …
- employee
- manager
- operator
- …
- at a/the restaurant
- in a/the restaurant
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from restaurer ‘provide food for’ (literally ‘restore to a former state’).