booth

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

booth — 名詞

  • boothsingular
  • boothsplural

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

1.名詞B1
釋義

小隔間

供一人進入辦事的私密小空間

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.

Christopher 走進投票小隔間，安靜地在選票上做記號。

collocation: voting booth

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

Hana 在電話亭外等著哥哥打電話回家。

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

攤位

市集或展場中的臨時小棚

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.

Defne 在學園園遊會的一個攤位買了手工肥皂。

collocation: booth at a fair

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

Jin 在旅遊攤位停下來，想拿一張城市地圖。

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

卡座

餐廳靠牆的雙排座位

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.

Tanvi 滑進卡座，把包包放到窗邊。

collocation: sit in a booth

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

Elise 指名要卡座，讓祖父母坐得更舒服。

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

服務亭

隔著窗口接待顧客的小房間

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.

店員從售票服務亭探出身子，回答一名遊客的問題。

collocation: ticket booth

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

收費亭旁的攝影機拍下每輛開上橋的卡車。

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

播音間

轉播或錄音的工作位置

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.

兩位球評在播音間裡笑了出來，因為麥克風失靈了。

collocation: broadcast booth

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

比賽進行時，一名製作人在播音間裡看重播畫面。

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.