drive-in
drive-in — 形容詞
1. Describing a business or public facility that serves customers who remain inside
免下車的
顧客無需下車即可使用服務的
Describing a business or public facility that serves customers who remain inside their parked cars instead of entering a building.
The Nguyen family went to a drive-in cinema every Friday to watch new films.
Nguyen 一家每週五去免下車電影院看新片。
attributive: drive-in + cinema
An old drive-in restaurant beside the highway serves burgers to customers in their cars.
高速公路旁一家老免下車餐廳為坐在車內的顧客供應漢堡。
Stephanie uses a drive-in bank so she never has to park and walk inside.
Stephanie 使用免下車銀行，這樣她就不用停車走進去了。
During summer, the drive-in theater shows two popular movies back-to-back every Saturday evening.
夏天時，那家免下車電影院每週六晚上會連續放映兩部熱門電影。
Drive-in churches became popular in the 1950s, letting families attend services from their cars.
1950 年代，免下車教堂盛行一時，讓家庭可以在車上參加禮拜。
文法句型
drive-in + noun
用法筆記
Always used before a noun — you cannot say 'This restaurant is drive-in' alone. The noun it modifies tells you what kind of service is offered (cinema, restaurant, bank, etc.).
常見錯誤
drive-in — 名詞
1. A place such as a movie theater or restaurant where people stay seated in their
汽車電影院
顧客留在車上觀看電影或用餐的場所
A place such as a movie theater or restaurant where people stay seated in their own cars to watch a film or receive food and drink.
Aarav took his sister to a drive-in, and she loved watching the film from the back seat.
Aarav 帶妹妹去汽車電影院，她很喜歡在後座看電影的感覺。
go to a drive-in
The old drive-in closed down after a new multiplex opened across the street.
對面開了新的多廳影院之後，那間老汽車電影院就關門了。
Mayumi and her friends visited a drive-in that served pizza right at their car window.
Mayumi 和朋友去了一間汽車電影院，店員直接把披薩送到他們車窗邊。
Most drive-ins have a large outdoor screen and speakers that hook onto the car door.
大多數汽車電影院都有大型戶外螢幕和可以掛在車門上的喇叭。
Eitan remembered going to a drive-in as a child and packing blankets and snacks in the trunk.
Eitan 記得小時候去汽車電影院，在後車廂塞滿毯子和零食。
- outdoor cinema
Similar concept but emphasizes the open-air setting rather than the car-based service model
文法句型
go to a drive-in
at a drive-in
用法筆記
A countable noun — you can say 'a drive-in' or 'drive-ins'. Often refers specifically to a drive-in movie theater unless the context mentions food. In modern American English, the word is more common in historical or nostalgic contexts than for describing current businesses.