pub S2 W3 / pʌb / 名词 [可数名词]

a building in Britain where alcohol can be bought and drunk, and where meals are often served → bar :

Do you fancy going to the pub?

a pub lunch

the pub landlord

THESAURUS

bar a place where people go to buy and drink alcoholic drinks : A man went into a bar and ordered a drink. | Let’s meet up in the hotel bar. | The city centre is full of wine bars and restaurants. | The club has a restaurant and a cocktail bar .

pub a building in Britain where alcohol can be bought and drunk, and where meals are often served : Do you fancy going to the pub? | a country pub

public house British English formal a pub : The fight took place outside a public house in the city centre.

sb’s local informal a pub near where you live, especially one you often go to : The Red Lion’s my local.

inn a small hotel or pub, especially an old one in the countryside – often used in the name of the hotel or pub : The Bull Inn dates back to the 15th century. | The hotel was once a 17th century coaching inn (= used by people travelling by coach and horses ) .

gastropub a pub that is known to serve very good food : a gastropub with a riverside restaurant | the Windmill Gastropub

tavern British English a pub in the past where you could also stay the night – used nowadays in the names of some pubs : the Turf Tavern | Marlowe was killed in a fight in a tavern.

watering hole informal a bar, pub etc where people drink alcohol – often used humorously. A watering hole is also the name for a place where wild animals go to drink : The bar became a popular watering hole for journalists. | What’s your favorite watering hole?

dive informal a bar, club etc that is cheap and dirty : The place is a bit of dive.

honky-tonk American English informal a cheap bar where country music is played : They played in every honky-tonk in Tennessee.

saloon a bar in the western United States. Also used in Britain about the part of a pub which has comfortable chairs where you can sit and relax : I felt like a cowboy walking into a saloon in the Wild West. | Do you want to stay in the saloon, or would rather go into the other bar?