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entertainment with singing and dancing that is performed in restaurants or clubs in the evenings 卡巴莱（餐馆或夜总会于晚间提供的歌舞表演） a cabaret act/singer/band 卡巴莱表演／歌手／乐队 He made his name on the cabaret circuit. 他在夜总会巡回演出中成名。
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a restaurant or club where cabaret entertainment is performed （有歌舞表演的）卡巴莱餐馆，夜总会 the theatres, restaurants and cabarets of London’s West End 伦敦西区的剧院、餐馆和夜总会
Word Originmid 17th cent. (denoting a French inn): from Old French, literally ‘wooden structure’, via Middle Dutch from Old Picard (a dialect of French spoken in Picardy) camberet ‘little room’. Current senses date from the early 20th cent.