fast food

noun
🔊/ˌfɑːst ˈfuːd/
🔊/ˌfæst ˈfuːd/
[uncountable]
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  1. hot food, such as hamburgers and chips, that is served very quickly and can be taken away to be eaten in the street快餐;速食
    • fast-food restaurants快餐店
    • America's favourite fast-food chain美国最受欢迎的快餐连锁店
    compare slow foodTopics Cooking and eatinga2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryFast food is used before these nouns:
    • chain
    • franchise
    • joint
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