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A kiosk is a small stall or booth, often open on one or more sides, used for selling things like newspapers, snacks, or tickets - you'll see them in malls, train stations, and streets. Today it also means a small standing machine with a touchscreen that lets you do something yourself, like a self-checkout kiosk at a supermarket or a check-in kiosk at the airport.
（販賣用）小亭、小攤；自助服務機台
組成Borrowed from Turkish 'kosk', which came from Persian, originally meaning a small open pavilion or summerhouse.
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。
kiosknoun/ˈkiːˌɒsk/
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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.
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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.
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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—"
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A Turkish garden pavilion.
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。