off-licence

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shop selling alcohol for consumption only off the premises. Ireland,UK
    — Rolliver's inn, the single alehouse at this end of the long and broken village, could only boast of an off-license; hence, as nobody could legally drink on the premises, the amount of overt accommodation for consumers was strictly limited to a little board about six inches wide and two yards long, fixed to the garden palings by pieces of wire, so as to form a ledge.

词形变化

off-licences plural off licence alternative off-license alternative

词源

From the fact that such stores have a licence only to sell alcohol for consumption off the premises.
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