booth

/buːð/ (bre, ipa) · [bˈuθ] /buːθ/ (ame, ipa) · [bˈuθ] /ˈbüth especially British ˈbüt͟h/ (ame, mw)

booth — noun

  • boothsingular
  • boothsplural

1. a small enclosed space that one person can enter to do something privately or ap

1.名詞B1
釋義

a small enclosed space that one person can enter to do something privately or apart from other people

例句

Christopher stepped into the voting booth and marked his paper quietly.

collocation: voting booth

Hana waited outside the phone booth while her brother called home.

collocation: phone booth

同義詞
  • cubicle

    often used for a partitioned space inside a larger room, especially in offices, clinics, or changing areas

  • stall

    often used for shower or toilet compartments rather than phone or voting spaces

  • compartment

    a broader word for any divided section, not specifically a small private booth

文法句型

step into a booth

[activity] booth

用法筆記

Often named by the activity inside it, such as a phone booth, voting booth, or photo booth. Distinguish from sense 4, where a worker stays inside and serves customers through a window.

常見錯誤

❌I bought popcorn at the booth by the gate.
✅I bought popcorn at the stall by the gate.
💡for a seller's space at an event, English usually uses sense 2 rather than this privacy sense.

2. a small structure set up for a fair, market, or exhibition, where people sell th

2.名詞B1
釋義

a small structure set up for a fair, market, or exhibition, where people sell things, offer information, or run an activity

例句

Defne bought handmade soap from a booth at the school fair.

collocation: booth at a fair

Jin stopped at the travel booth to ask for a city map.

information booth at an event

同義詞
  • stall

    often the closest equivalent for a temporary sales space, especially in markets

  • stand

    can mean a small place for selling or displaying things, but it may be more open than a booth

  • kiosk

    usually a more fixed small structure rather than a temporary fair or exhibition booth

文法句型

run a booth

[type] booth

用法筆記

Usually temporary and tied to a public event. Distinguish from sense 4: customers visit a booth in this sense, but a worker usually occupies the booth itself in sense 4.

常見錯誤

❌The museum has a booth where we sat for lunch.
✅The museum has a booth where visitors can get information.
💡this sense is for an event or display space, not a restaurant seat.

3. a restaurant seating area along a wall, built with two long benches facing each

3.名詞B1
釋義

a restaurant seating area along a wall, built with two long benches facing each other and a table in the middle

例句

Tanvi slid into the booth and put her bag by the window.

collocation: sit in a booth

Elise asked for a booth so her grandparents could sit more comfortably.

同義詞
  • banquette

    a more formal restaurant word for a fixed bench, not always with another bench facing it

  • seat

    a broad word that does not show the built-in restaurant arrangement

文法句型

sit in a booth

corner booth

用法筆記

Used mainly for built-in restaurant seating. It names the whole seating space with the table and benches, not just one bench.

常見錯誤

❌We reserved a booth at the fair to eat noodles.
✅We found a booth in the diner to eat noodles.
💡this sense is a restaurant seating space, not an event stall.

4. a small room or sheltered space where a worker serves customers through a window

4.名詞B1
釋義

a small room or sheltered space where a worker serves customers through a window

例句

The clerk leaned out of the ticket booth to answer a tourist's question.

collocation: ticket booth

A camera at the toll booth recorded every truck entering the bridge.

collocation: toll booth

同義詞
  • kiosk

    can describe a small service structure, but a kiosk is not always occupied by a worker behind a window

  • ticket window

    names the opening where customers are served, not the whole booth

文法句型

[type] booth

work in a booth

用法筆記

Used for places like ticket, toll, and parking booths. The worker stays inside and serves customers through a window, unlike sense 1 where you enter the booth yourself.

常見錯誤

❌I stepped into the ticket booth to buy my pass.
✅I bought my pass at the ticket booth.
💡customers normally stand outside this kind of booth and speak through the window.

5. a small enclosed place where people comment on an event for broadcast or make a

5.名詞B2
釋義

a small enclosed place where people comment on an event for broadcast or make a recording

例句

The commentators in the broadcast booth laughed when the microphone failed.

collocation: broadcast booth

During the match, one producer watched replays inside the booth.

同義詞
  • commentary box

    mainly used for sports broadcasting, especially in British English

  • recording booth

    a more specific term when the space is used for studio recording rather than live commentary

文法句型

[type] booth

inside the booth

用法筆記

Usually modified by the job or activity: broadcast booth, commentary booth, or recording booth. Distinguish from sense 1: people work from this booth instead of using it briefly for privacy.