drive-in
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drive-in
- /ˈdɹaɪvˌɪn/
Where it comes from
Deverbal from drive in.
adjective
- Of an establishment, providing service to patrons who remain in their automobiles and partake while parked. drive-in church; drive-in funeral parlor
- A motel; a motor inn.
noun drive-ins
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An outdoor cinema where movies are projected onto a large screen and patrons watch from inside their vehicles, listening either by a speaker or a designated radio frequency.
Owners and sponsors of the drive-ins feel that in three-quarters of their patrons they have tapped a practically prehistoric strain of human—the hitherto non-movie-goer.
Similar: drive-in cinema, drive-in movie, drive-in theatre
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A restaurant where patrons remain in their vehicles to consume their meals; the meal may be ordered and delivered to one's vehicle by a carhop waiter; or may require patrons to use a service counter. The cars in the parking lot serve as the patrons' dining room, there being a lack of dining rooms and tables.
The teenagers went down to the drive-in to order some hamburgers and fries.
Similar: drive-in restaurant
- A drive-through restaurant where patrons remain in their vehicles and order food and beverages via a speaker phone; the meal is delivered by a service window accessible by car. Even before franchising genius Ray A. Kroc approached Mac and Dick McDonald to become the licensing agent for their small San Bernardino (Calif.) restaurant, scores of drive-in operators had begun copying McDonald′s speedy burger-fries-and-shake menus. Love contends that Kroc′s success came largely
Translations
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adj providing service to patrons in their automobiles
| Français | au volant |
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noun outdoor cinema
| Español | autocine, autocinema |
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| 日本語 | ドライブインシアター doraibu-in shiatā, ドライブイン doraibu-in |
| 中文 | 得來速 /得来速 déláisù |
| Português | drive-in |
| Français | ciné-parc, drive-in |
| Deutsch | Autokino |
| Italiano | cineparco, cineparcheggio, autocinema, autocine, drive-in |
| Русский | автокинотеа́тр avtokinoteátr, драйв-и́н drajv-ín |
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