1570s, from barber + shop (n.). Earlier in same sense was barbery (c. 1500). Barber-shop in reference to close harmony male vocal quartets, it is attested from 1910; the custom of barber's keeping a musical instrument in their shops so waiting customers could entertain themselves is an old one, but the musical product had a low reputation and barber's music (c. 1660) was "wretched, poorly performed music."
双语例句
1. She had to call a barber to shave him.
她不得不叫个理发师来给他刮脸。
来自柯林斯例句
2. She asked the barber to crop her hair short.
她叫理发师把她的头发剪短了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The barber gave him a shave and a haircut.
理发师给他修面理发.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. The barber thinned out his customer's thick hair.
