英语单词:food pantry

意思翻译

food pantry

noun [ C ] US uk/ˈfuːd ˌpæn.tri/ us/ˈfuːd ˌpæn.tri/

（慈善机构等的）食品分发站，公益食品仓库

a place where food is given to people who do not have enough money to buy it, for example by a charity

Food pantries and homeless shelters are reporting a rise in the use of their services. 食品分发站和无家可归者收容所报告说，使用他们服务的人数有所增加。

If you have more than you can use, contribute to your local food pantry. 如果你有多余的食品，贡献给你当地的公益食品仓库。

Synonym: food bank More examples

Only a quarter of the people who use the state's food pantries receive government food stamps, according to a study released yesterday.

Homeless shelters, food pantries, hospitals, and churches cannot sustain the surge indefinitely.

For two decades Bea Gaddy ran a privately funded food pantry out of her row house.