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cafeteria-style

/kaf-i-teer-ee-uh-stahyl/US // ˌkæf ɪˈtɪər i əˌstaɪl //

食堂式,食堂式的,自助餐厅式,自助餐式

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : set up to allow a variety of choices.
    • : arranged like a cafeteria.

Examples

  • Her style, much like her diminutive nickname, is best described as “Hamptons twee”—preppy and peppy.

  • Although he brings a Western spin to things, he seems equally inspired by the local sense of style.

  • Spin control began, Florida-style: the opinion only covers some counties, some people, some times.

  • This leads him to some James Frey-style mythmaking of his own.

  • Who knew that “we shall overcome” meant “we, the few, shall book covers every decade or so, maybe, sometimes, if we are in style.”

  • He simply devoured books, studying every detail of construction, and learning a great deal as to style and effect.

  • She also played his Fourteenth Rhapsody with orchestral accompaniment in most bold and dashing style.

  • Sounds rotten, but that's their style; and you've been through the mill at home enough to know what it is to be knifed socially.

  • He wasn't the style of man that I'd care to stir up trouble with, judging from his size and the shape of his head.

  • Our luggage, I remember, p. 5was carried on the roof of the carriage in the good old-fashioned coaching style.