单词 | prix fixe |
释义 | ‖ prix fixe|pri fiks| [Fr., lit. = fixed price.] A meal served in a hotel or restaurant at a fixed price, a table d'hôte meal (cf. à la carte); the menu offered at such a meal. Also attrib.
1883R. L. Stevenson in Magazine of Art VI. 274/2 You taste the food of all nations in the various restaurants; passing from a French prix-fixe, where every one is French, to a roaring German ordinary where every one is German. 1930A Bennett Imperial Palace xiv. 82 Prevent customers who prefer the prix-fixe from choosing more expensive things than the price will stand. 1933‘G. Orwell’ Down & Out vii. 59 A prix fixe restaurant where we went for dinner. 1966P. V. Price France: Food & Wine Guide 33 In the majority of restaurants there will be at least one prix fixe, a fixed price menu, offering several courses. 1973Guardian 28 May 3/4 In Chantilly..there is crème chantilly with everything. But..you wouldn't believe how the prix fixe can expand. 1975Times 20 Dec. 10/7 The prix-fixe menus..averaged now 25 francs. |

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