pub

noun

/pʌb/

(also formal public house)

(both British English)

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a building where people go to drink and meet their friends. Pubs serve alcoholic and other drinks, and often also food.酒吧；酒馆
- We're all going to the pub after work.下班后我们都要去酒吧。
- (informal) They've gone down the pub for a drink.他们下酒馆喝酒去了。
- in a pub They spent the whole evening in the pub.他们整个晚上都在酒吧里度过。
- at a pub He is one of the regulars at the pub.他是这家酒吧的常客之一。
- I got home from the pub just after 11.刚过11点，我从酒吧回到家。
- a pub lunch酒馆供的午餐
- the landlord of the local pub当地酒馆的老板
- The Elm Tree will remain a traditional village pub. 榆树街将仍然是一个传统的乡村酒吧。
- We are holding a pub quiz in the bar on Tuesday night.周二晚上，我们将在酒吧举行一场酒吧问答比赛。
Culture pubspubsPubs are important in the social life of many people in Britain. People often go to the pub nearest their home, known as their 'local'. Pubs have their own character and atmosphere. Some attract people by playing music or running pub quizzes, others have large television screens so that people can watch sport and there are also traditional village pubs which are often very old and are the centre of village life. Some pubs have more than one bar (= a room to drink in) where drinks are sold from a counter, also called a bar. Often people in a group will take it in turns to go to the bar to buy a round (= a drink for each person in the group). Popular drinks are beer and lager, and wine and spirits. Tied houses (= pubs owned by breweries) sell beers made by the company and guest beers from other breweries, and free houses (= pubs not owned by a brewery) offer beers made by several different companies, often including real ales made using traditional methods. Pubs usually sell crisps and nuts and many do simple pub meals such as sausage and chips or a ploughman’s lunch. Others, sometimes called gastropubs, sell a wider range of food and are like restaurants. Under Britain's licensing laws alcohol can only be sold to people over 18, and children under 14 are not allowed in pubs unless there is a family room, a room without a bar, or an outside area called a beer garden. Pubs can open all day and even for 24 hours if they have a licence to do so. When closing time approaches, the barman or barmaid rings a bell and calls out ‘Last orders!’, to give customers time to order one more drink. After the bar person has called ‘Time!’ customers are allowed some drinking-up time to finish their drinks and leave. Pubs always have a name which is shown on sign outside, often with a picture on it. Many names are hundreds of years old and may have their roots in legends, such as the Green Man, some are named after kings and queens or historical figures, and others refer to things in country life, such as the The Plough or The Bull.The number of pubs in Britain has fallen a lot since the 1980s. Many people these days prefer to drink at home with friends. In large towns and cities, some pubs have been replaced by fashionable bars selling craft beer (= beer that is made in a traditional way by a small company).
Extra Examples
- He spent all afternoon in the pub.他整个下午都泡在酒馆里。
- It's one of those modern theme pubs.这是那种时尚的主题酒吧。
- the atmosphere of a cosy country pub乡村酒吧的舒适气氛
Topics Buildingsa2, Drinksa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- excellent
- good
- favourite
- …
verb + pub
- go down
- go down to
- go round to
- …
pub + noun
- food
- lunch
- meal
- …
preposition
- at a/the pub
- in a/the pub
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Word Originmid 19th cent.: abbreviation of public house.