代表第三方部署和经营现场自动售货亭

The following is a link to a graphic illustration of a kiosk:



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Note added at 2002-04-19 07:15:45 (GMT)
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我倾向于将Kiosk译为自动售货亭或自助售货亭。主要是从两个反面考虑。一是与vending machine有所区别，另外是从字源上考虑。下面是《美国传统辞典》（双解）对此字的来源的解释：

The lowly kiosk where one buys a newspaper or on which one posts advertisements is like a child in a fairy tale who though raised by humble parents is really the descendant of kings. The word kiosk was originally taken into English ultimately from Turkish, in which its source k鰏hk meant 損avilion.?The open structures referred to by the Turkish word were used as pavilions and summerhouses in Turkey and Persia. The first recorded use of kiosk in English (1625) has reference to these Middle Eastern structures, which Europeans imitated in their own gardens and parks. In France and Belgium, where the Turkish word had also been borrowed, their word kiosque was applied to something lower on the scale, structures resembling these pavilions but used as places to sell newspapers or as bandstands. England borrowed this lowly structure from France and reborrowed the word, which is first recorded in 1865 with reference to a place where newspapers are sold.
用来购买报纸或张贴广告的普通的凉亭好像是神话故事中尽管由地位低下的父母抚养但确实是国王后代的儿童一样，单词 kiosk收入英文的起源最早是土耳其语，土耳其语中它的出处 koshk意为“大帐篷”。在土耳其语中开敞的建筑物用来作为土耳其和波斯的帐篷和凉亭。英语中最早记录的 kiosk的使用（1625年）参照于欧洲人在他们自己的花园和公园中仿制的中东式建筑。在法国和比利时，这个土耳其语单词也被借用，它们的单词 kiosque适用于结构上类似于这些凉亭，但规模上比较矮，用作卖报纸的场所或室外音乐台的建筑。英国从法国引进了这种普通建筑，并且重新引入了这个单词，它的最早记载是在1865年，与卖报纸的场所有关