- 1aB1
/ˌself ˈsɜːrvɪs/ · /ˌself ˈsɜːvɪs/
Used about a shop, restaurant, or petrol station where you get or take the things you want yourself, and then pay for them, instead of a worker getting them for you.
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You can picture self-service as the counter back: in this kind of shop, restaurant or petrol station, nobody comes to fetch things for you. You take the tray, fill the tank, pick the items off the shelf yourself, and the staff appear only at the end, to take your money. The word describes the place, not the customer.
可以想成櫃檯往後退了一步:在這種店、餐廳或加油站裡,沒有人會走過來幫你拿東西。你自己端盤子、自己把油加進車裡、自己從…更多收起
可以想成櫃檯往後退了一步:在這種店、餐廳或加油站裡,沒有人會走過來幫你拿東西。你自己端盤子、自己把油加進車裡、自己從架上挑好,店員只在最後結帳時出現。這個字形容的是「這個地方是這樣運作的」,不是形容顧客——它貼在店門口,告訴你進去以後要自己動手。原始詞典資料2 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。
self-servicenoun/sɛlfˈsɜː.vɪs/
- 1
The practice of serving oneself, usually when purchasing items.
- On the opposite side of the concourse is the triple-counter ticket office and three self-service machines which are adjacent to a large customer service counter and the gateline.
- 2
Masturbation.
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。