third place

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A social space separate from the two usual social environments of home (“first place”) and the workplace (“second place”), such as a bar or public library.
    — The “third place” is a public, social place where you spend time that is neither home nor work. Whether it is publicly run, like a library, or a commercial venture, it is, above all, shared – a site of community-building and interaction with others.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, place.

词形变化

third places plural

词源

Coined by American urban sociologist Ray Oldenburg in 1989.
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