单词 | cantina |
释义 | ‖ cantina|kænˈtiːnə| [Sp. and It.] a. A (Spanish) canteen (sense 1, 1 b). b. A bar-room, a saloon (in Central and South America and south-west U.S.). c. An (Italian) wineshop.
1892Dialect Notes I. v. 245 Cantina: bar-room; of frequent use [in Texas]. Often found on signs of Mexican bar-rooms. 1925Hemingway In our Time (1926) xi. 143 At the cantina near the bridge they trusted him for three more grappas. 1939G. Greene Lawless Roads i. 36 Life..went on behind the swing doors of the cantinas and billiard saloons. 1959Listener 15 Jan. 125/3 When a station was reached the passengers swarmed down to the platform and round the tiny cantina. 1969A. Marin Rise with Wind xv. 190 Clay found a cantina on a side street. 1970Daily Tel. Mag. 3 Apr. 43/1 Every hotel, every restaurant, every cantina paid him [sc. a Cuban chauffeur] his commission. |

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