kiosk

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkiːˌɒsk/    美 /ˈkiˌɑsk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.
    — I remember that one time I went to the kiosk next door to buy condoms, it was raining, she appeared.
  2. A similar but unattended stand for the automatic dispensing of tickets, etc; an e-kiosk.
    — Not only has the infamous upgrade gone by the wayside, but cashiers at fast-food restaurants are becoming increasingly uncommon. McDonald's started rolling out ordering kiosks at its US locations in 2015, and the chain hasn't looked back since: by 2020, most of its 14,000 locations will have kiosks installed.
  3. A public telephone booth.
    — "'Course I do. I was in the yard office before I came on here. And you don't need a number for police; you—" "That's all right, lad. Slip down into the High Street as quick as you can cut and put that through from the nearest kiosk. Here's a couple of pennies—"
  4. A Turkish garden pavilion.

词形变化

kiosks plural kiosque alternative,archaic

词汇关系

衍生词
e-kiosk Internet kiosk kiosked kiosker kiosklike telekiosk telephone kiosk

词源

Earlier kiosque, from French kiosque, from Italian chiosco, from Ottoman Turkish كوشك (köşk), from Classical Persian کوشْک (kōšk, “palace, portico”), from Middle Persian kwšk' (kōšk).
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