barroom

barroom — noun

1. an indoor space, usually inside a hotel, restaurant, or similar place, where peo

1.名詞C1
釋義

an indoor space, usually inside a hotel, restaurant, or similar place, where people sit or stand and pay for beer, wine, and other alcoholic drinks at a long counter.

例句

Nia pushed open the swinging doors of a smoky barroom and ordered a cold beer at the counter.

typical scene: ordering a drink at the counter

The hotel's quiet barroom served whiskey, gin, and cold beer until two in the morning.

typical drinks listed: whiskey, gin, beer

同義詞
  • bar

    the most common everyday word; can mean either the counter or the whole place

  • pub

    British English; usually a friendly neighbourhood place that also serves food

  • tavern

    old-fashioned or literary; suggests a small, traditional drinking place

  • saloon

    American, historical; strongly associated with the Old West

文法句型

a barroom in [place]

用法筆記

Mainly American English; British speakers usually say 'bar' or 'pub' instead. Often appears as a modifier in compounds such as 'barroom brawl', 'barroom talk', or 'barroom philosopher'.

常見錯誤

❌I went to a barroom for dinner.
✅I went to a bar / pub for dinner.
💡a barroom is mainly the drinking area itself, and the word sounds dated or American outside that context.
❌We sat in the barroom of the train.
✅We sat in the bar car of the train.
💡'barroom' refers to a fixed room in a building, not a section of a vehicle.