| 释义 |
fast food orig. U.S.
Also fast-food, fastfood.
[f. fast a. + food n.]
a. Used attrib. with reference to catering outlets where foods are kept hot and ready to serve, or partially prepared so that they can be served quickly.
1951Fountain & Fast Food Service Oct. 39/1 The partners have become old hands at spotting the type of conventioneer that will patronize their fast food service. 1960Fast Food July 17/2 Fast food type restaurants do the lion's share of business for breakfast and noon meals eaten out. 1968N.Y. Times 23 June iii. 2/3 Another star performer in the fast-food field has been A-G Foods, which..operates a string of quick-service restaurants. 1975New Yorker 14 Apr. 80/1 Supermarkets and fast-food shops are gaining great ground. 1978Tucson Mag. Dec. 6/3 Nothing but a glorified, garlic-flavored fastfood operation with the poorest example of Italian cuisine. 1984Verbatim X. iii. 20/2 Fastfood eateries often dispense plastic ‘silverware’.
b. The type of food served in these restaurants; convenience food which can be prepared quickly at home.
1954(title) Fountain and fast food. 1960Fast Food Feb. 48/1 Delicate scallops are really fast food..because they come ready to cook. 1977Times 6 June 2/5 ‘Fast food’ requires no preparation by the customer. Traditional ‘fast food outlets’ like fish-and-chip shops are being superseded by Chinese, Indian, Kebab and fried chicken houses. 1980Guardian 24 May 19/8 Fastfoods have managed to get rid of their junk tag and cash in on new attitudes to leisure. 1985Times 11 Nov. 3/4 (heading) {pstlg}1,000 for a British fast food.
Add:[2.] transf. and fig. Used attrib. to designate that which is obtained or produced quickly and easily, with relatively little expense, effort, or thought; hence, uniform or standardized. Also Comb., as fast-food style.
1978Washington Post 21 July 7/3 It's better to forewarn those who like their entertainment fast-food style that they may be put off by the somewhat sad,..sleazy condition of Marshall Hall. 1979Economist 12 May 51/1 Those business schools offering what they derisively call ‘the fast-food version of an MBA’. 1981Industry Week 9 Mar. 45 If he does talk, listen. Do not respond with ‘fast food’ answers such as ‘Heck, it can't be so bad’, or ‘Why don't you take the afternoon off?’ 1987Metalworking News 25 May 6/1 It seems that English is being reduced these days to a kind of fast-food language, a hold-the-pickles, hold-the-onions, just-give-me-the-initials, ma'am shorthand. 1990N.Y. Newsday 13 Sept. i. 18/1 Crack..has since become the drug of choice for drug users, a fast-food drug, cheap and easy to buy. |