网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 alehouse
释义

Definition of alehouse in English:

alehouse

noun ˈeɪlhaʊsˈeɪlˌhaʊs
dated
  • An inn or public house.

    〈主旧〉旅馆,酒吧

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In England pubs were either inns, providing accommodation and food to wealthy travellers; or taverns, providing only wine and spirits to the local neighbourhood; or alehouses, selling only beer to a poorer clientele.
    • And now she was trembling on a hard mattress, awaiting the arrival of her rough bridegroom, who was currently drinking robustly in the raunchy portside alehouse in celebration of his fine fortune.
    • It was his team that overcame every concern from planners and heritage guardians to create a brand new alehouse in the ancient English tradition.
    • The American tavern fulfilled the contradictory functions of the English tavern (transitory accommodation) and alehouse (promiscuous drinking).
    • One of his examples was the case of a brewer who sold kegs of beer to alehouses on credit but charged a price high enough to cover an interest charge and the risk of default.
    • Court cases, for instance, are straightforward in revealing that violence, often murder, was frequently under the influence of alcohol, usually in taverns or alehouses.
    • Mr Thomson said: ‘It will be a traditional alehouse, selling our full range of beers plus lagers, Guinness and so on.’
    • Like today, London had many inns and alehouses throughout it and drinking was as popular then as it is today!
    • The licensing of alehouses and inns was the responsibility of justices of the peace.
    • By the 1630s there was estimated to be one alehouse for every 89-104 inhabitants in England (and that doesn't count taverns and inns!)

Rhymes

jailhouse

Definition of alehouse in US English:

alehouse

nounˈeɪlˌhaʊsˈālˌhous
dated
  • A tavern.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mr Thomson said: ‘It will be a traditional alehouse, selling our full range of beers plus lagers, Guinness and so on.’
    • By the 1630s there was estimated to be one alehouse for every 89-104 inhabitants in England (and that doesn't count taverns and inns!)
    • The licensing of alehouses and inns was the responsibility of justices of the peace.
    • And now she was trembling on a hard mattress, awaiting the arrival of her rough bridegroom, who was currently drinking robustly in the raunchy portside alehouse in celebration of his fine fortune.
    • One of his examples was the case of a brewer who sold kegs of beer to alehouses on credit but charged a price high enough to cover an interest charge and the risk of default.
    • The American tavern fulfilled the contradictory functions of the English tavern (transitory accommodation) and alehouse (promiscuous drinking).
    • It was his team that overcame every concern from planners and heritage guardians to create a brand new alehouse in the ancient English tradition.
    • Court cases, for instance, are straightforward in revealing that violence, often murder, was frequently under the influence of alcohol, usually in taverns or alehouses.
    • Like today, London had many inns and alehouses throughout it and drinking was as popular then as it is today!
    • In England pubs were either inns, providing accommodation and food to wealthy travellers; or taverns, providing only wine and spirits to the local neighbourhood; or alehouses, selling only beer to a poorer clientele.
随便看

 

春雷网英语在线翻译词典收录了464360条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2000-2024 Sndmkt.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2024/12/28 16:43:15