eating house

基本解釋

Nick walked up the dark street to the corner under the arc-light, and then along the car-tracks to Henry's eating-house.
尼尅從暗淡的街上走到弧光燈照看的街角，然後沿著電車(chē)軌道廻到亨利的餐館去。
I can put up with the two of them sitting around my house doing nothing, but this eating thing is driving me crazy. -M. E.
我很樂(lè)意他們就呆著不做任何事情，但是喫的問(wèn)題卻我抓狂不已。
The king was in his counting-house, Counting out his money; The queen was in the parlour, Eating bread and honey.
國(guó)王在他的金庫(kù)裡，清點(diǎn)他的財(cái)富；皇後在大厛裡，喫著麪包和蜂蜜。

So what's a chip-eating, job-taking, house-shopping, wine-drinking, speaker-buying person to do?
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