kiosk
noun /ˈkiːɒsk/
/ˈkiːɑːsk/
- a small shop, open at the front, where newspapers, drinks, etc. are sold. In some countries kiosks also sell food and things used in the home.
（出售报纸、饮料等的）小亭；售货亭；报刊亭 - I bought a paper from the kiosk across the road.
我在马路对面的售货亭买了一份报纸。 - She stopped at a newspaper kiosk to pick up a copy of ‘Private Eye’.
她在一个报亭前停下来，买了本《私家侦探》。
- I bought a paper from the kiosk across the road.
- a small structure in a public area used for providing information, showing advertisements or providing a service, typically via a computer screen
信息亭： 公共区域中的一个小结构，通常用于通过计算机屏幕提供信息，显示广告或提供服务- a digital information kiosk
数字信息亭 - Passengers can use the touch-screen kiosks to receive a boarding pass.
乘客可以使用触摸屏信息亭领取登机牌。
- a digital information kiosk
- (British English, old-fashioned) a public phone box
公用电话亭 synonym booth
词源early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘pavilion’): from French kiosque, from Turkish köşk ‘pavilion’, from Persian kuš.