1839, American English, from Mexican Spanish cafeteria "coffee store," from café "coffee" (see coffee) + Spanish -tería "place where something is done" (usually business). The ending came to be understood popularly as meaning "help-yourself" (as though café + -teria) and was extended to new formation with that sense from c. 1923.
实用例句
1. People are sprawled on makeshift beds in the cafeteria.
人们懒散地躺在食堂里搭起的临时床铺上。来自柯林斯例句
2. Does the college cafeteria provide a healthful diet?
大学餐厅供应的膳食是否有益健康呢？来自柯林斯例句
3. In the cafeteria we serve ourselves.
在自助餐馆我们是自己拿菜的.来自《简明英汉词典》
4. I went and had an overpriced cup of coffee in the hotel cafeteria.
我去酒店的咖啡厅喝了一杯要价奇高的咖啡。来自柯林斯例句
5. I noticed a lone man in the cafeteria swabbing the floor as I passed.
