(常见拼写为 refectory)指(修道院、学院、寄宿学校等的)公共食堂/餐厅,尤指修道院里僧侣集体用餐的地方。
/rɪˈfɛktəri/
/rɪˈfɛktɔːri/
We ate lunch in the refectory.
我们在食堂吃了午饭。
After evening prayers, the monks filed silently into the refectory, where a simple meal was served under the watch of old stone arches.
晚祷结束后,僧侣们安静地列队进入食堂,在古老石拱的注视下用一顿朴素的餐食。
来自拉丁语 refectorium,原意与“恢复体力、补充精力”有关(源自 reficere,意为“修复、恢复”)。因此 refectory 最初指“用餐以恢复体力的地方”,后来固定为“(修道院/学院等的)食堂”。