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coffeehouses 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. (coffeehouse) cafe: a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
  2. A coffeehouse or coffee shop is an establishment which primarily serves prepared coffee or other hot beverages. It shares some of the characteristics of a bar, and some of the characteristics of a restaurant, but it is different from a cafeteria. ...
  3. (Coffeehouse (event)) A Coffeehouse is a social event, usually held to raise awareness for a social cause or other event.
  4. (coffeehouse) To make annoying smalltalk during a game, to make comments about a hand in progress, or to make deceptive comments about one's own play.
  5. (Coffeehouse) Misleading talk to confuse opponent. For example, in a chouette, when a team player advises the captain not to double knowing full well that the captain will double, he tempts the box to unwisely accept (ethically borderline, at best). (From Backgammon, by Paul Magriel, p 396.)
  6. (Coffeehouse) To talk about a hand one is involved in, usually with the intent of misleading or manipulating other players, is coffeehousing.
  7. (Coffeehouse) Often the name used when referring to the musical event on Friday nights, not the place itself.
  8. (Coffeehouse) To talk or chatter in an attempt to affect your opponent’s play.
  9. (Coffeehouse) n. A location symbolic of the fake intellectual scene, where people sit over a cup of coffee and talk about how open-minded they think they are.
  10. (coffeehouse) a term much in use in the 50s to the 70s. Borrowed from European usage of centuries ago, it referred to a meeting place with a minimalist menu and featured folk performers. There might also be chess games going on, poetry readings, jazz, etc. ...
  11. (cóffeehouse) n.s. [coffee and house.] A house of entertainment where coffee is sold, and the guests are supplied with news papers.
  12. Casual restaurants without table service that emphasize coffee and other beverages; typically a limited selection of cold foods such as pastries and perhaps sandwiches are offered as well. ...