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.