名詞 public house:

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

1. Public houses are licensed to sell alcoholic drinks for a certain number of hours per week.
   酒店執(zhí)有酒類經(jīng)銷許可證，每周可按一定時數(shù)出售。
2. A boy or man who works in an inn or a public house serving customers and doing chores.
   (酒館的)侍者，跑堂的在酒館里或旅店中為客人服務及干雜活的男性
3. After spending several hours trying to find our lost companion, we finally tracked him down in a public house.
   我們花了幾個小尋找失散的伙伴，最后才在一個酒店里找到了他。
4. After eluding the police for over a week, the escaped prisoner was finally run down in a public house.
   那個越獄犯躲避警察追捕一個多星期之后，終于在一家小旅館被抓獲。