[mass noun]entertainment held in a nightclub or restaurant while the audience eat or drink at tables 夜总会或餐馆的)卡巴莱歌舞表演 she was seen recently in cabaret. 她近来曾出现在卡巴莱歌舞表演场合。 [as modifier]a cabaret act. 一场卡巴莱歌舞表演。 [count noun]the cabaret drew to a close. 卡巴莱歌舞表演结束了。 ■[count noun]a nightclub or restaurant where such entertainment is performed 卡巴莱夜总会(或餐馆)
语源
17th cent. (denoting a French inn): from Old French, literally wooden structure', via Middle Dutch from Old Picard camberet 'little room'. Current senses date from the early 20th cent