| 释义 |
chop-house
[f. chop n.1 2 b + house.]
An eating-house where mutton-chops, beefsteaks, and the like are supplied; ‘a mean house of entertainment, where provision ready dressed is sold’ (J.). Now colloq., a restaurant.
c1690B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Chop-houses, where Both boyld and roast Mutton (in chopps) are alwayes ready. 1712Steele Spect. No. 308 ⁋3, I dine at the Chop-house three Days a Week. a1861Clough Poems, Mari Magno 577 Who friendless in a London lodging lives, Dines in a dingy chop-house. 1915W. Cather Song of Lark vi. vii. 440 Nice English chop-house on Forty-fourth Street. 1934T. S. Eliot Rock i. 7 We have too many churches, And too few chop-houses. 1959R. Postgate Good Food Guide 242 This is a genuine City chophouse with ‘middle-aged, civil and knowledgeable waiters’. |