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A drive-through is a restaurant, bank, pharmacy, or similar place where you get served without getting out of your car. You follow a lane, talk into a speaker, pay at a window, and someone hands you the bag or the papers; then you drive away.
A drive-through is drive-through 是 a restaurant, bank, pharmacy, or similar place餐廳、銀行、藥局這類地方， where you get served你在那裡接受服務 without getting out of your car而不用下車。 You follow a lane你沿著車道走， talk into a speaker對著喇叭說話， pay at a window在窗口付錢， and someone hands you然後有人遞給你 the bag or the papers袋子或文件； then you drive away接著你就開走。
People also use it as an adjective: a drive-through restaurant, a drive-through window. On American signs you will often see the shorter spelling drive-thru; drive-through is the fuller form.
People also use it as an adjective人們也把它當形容詞用： a drive-through restaurant得來速餐廳、 a drive-through window得來速窗口。 On American signs在美國的招牌上， you will often see你常會看到 the shorter spelling比較短的拼法 drive-thru； drive-through is the fuller form drive-through 是完整的寫法。
Though actually, this is not the same as a drive-in. At a drive-in you park and stay in the car — to eat, or to watch a film. At a drive-through you keep moving.
Though actually不過注意， this is not the same as a drive-in這跟 drive-in 不一樣。 At a drive-in在 drive-in， you park and stay in the car你停好車、待在車上—— to eat, or to watch a film吃東西，或看電影。 At a drive-through在 drive-through， you keep moving你是一直往前開的。
The word is everyday in places where car life is strong; the idea exists in British English too, but it is less of a habit in some cities.
The word is everyday這個字是日常用語 in places where car life is strong在汽車生活很強的地方； the idea exists in British English too這個概念英式英文也有， but in some cities但在某些城市 it is less of a habit就沒那麼成為習慣。
組成Made from the verb phrase drive through: you drive through the place without parking. English then turned that action into a name for the place, and into an adjective.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
drive-throughadj/ˈdɹaɪvˌθɹu/
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Of an establishment, providing service to occupants of automobiles while they are in their still-running vehicle, especially when the vehicle does not park in a parking space and the goods received are not consumed until the vehicle vacates the lane.
- I switched banks so that I could use a drive-through branch near my home.
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Of a feature of such an establishment (especially a window), adapted to provide such service.
- The restaurant’s drive-through window had a turntable of bulletproof glass designed to allow transactions while preventing robberies.
drive-throughnoun/ˈdɹaɪvˌθɹu/
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An establishment, especially a restaurant, providing drive-through service.
- Since I was pressed for time, I picked up burgers at a drive-through on the way home.
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The window of such an establishment adapted for such purpose.
- “Please pull forward and pay at the drive-through,” said the attendant upon taking my order.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。