public house

名词 public house:

1. tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
   同义词：pub, saloon, pothouse, gin mill, taphouse

1. Public houses are licensed to sell alcoholic drinks for a certain number of hours per week.
   酒店执有酒类经销许可证，每周可按一定时数出售。
2. A boy or man who works in an inn or a public house serving customers and doing chores.
   (酒馆的)侍者，跑堂的在酒馆里或旅店中为客人服务及干杂活的男性
3. After spending several hours trying to find our lost companion, we finally tracked him down in a public house.
   我们花了几个小寻找失散的伙伴，最后才在一个酒店里找到了他。
4. After eluding the police for over a week, the escaped prisoner was finally run down in a public house.
   那个越狱犯躲避警察追捕一个多星期之后，终于在一家小旅馆被抓获。