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drive-in en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈdɹaɪvˌɪn/
Etymology
Deverbal from drive in.
Meanings
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(US, not-comparable) Of an establishment, providing service to patrons who remain in their automobiles and partake while parked.
drive-in church; drive-in funeral parlor
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(Philippines, not-comparable) A motel; a motor inn.
Coordinates
drive-through
Deriveds
drive-in movie · drive-in theatre
Translations (3)
fi drive-in- (providing service to patrons in their automobiles) · fr au volant (providing service to patrons in their automobiles) · pl zmotoryzowany (providing service to patrons in their automobiles)
drive-in en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈdɹaɪvˌɪn/
Etymology
Deverbal from drive in.
Meanings
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(Australia, Canada, US) 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.
At the end of June 1997, there were 325 cinema sites and 28 drive-in sites in Australia.
2000, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2000 Year Book Australia, page 346:This fact may seem surprising since the major movie studios, reluctant to risk cheapening their images by releasing first-run films to drive-ins, made only older movies affordable to drive-in operators.
2000, Mary Alampi, Dun & Bradstreet/Gale Group Industry Handbook, page 26: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.
1975, David Manning White, Popular Culture, page 154:
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(Canada, US) 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.
1965 May 7, Don Moser, The nightmare of life with Billy, LIFE, page 101,
The teenagers went down to the drive-in to order some hamburgers and fries.
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(Canada, US) 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 from his commitment to automating the preparation of drive-in meals.
1986, Business Week, numbers 2967-2978, page 136:For during the fabled Indiana blizzard of ′78, Tom found himself trapped inside the kitchen of the drive-in for three days before his family, and—more to the point—his customers, could reach him.
2006, Reid Duffy, Reid Duffy's Guide to Indiana's Favorite Restaurants: With a Recipe Sampler, page 135:
Forms
Descendants
drive-in · ドライブイン
Relateds
car hop
Synonyms
drive-in restaurant · drive-in cinema · drive-in movie · drive-in theatre
Translations (25)
fr drive-in (outdoor cinema) · is bílabíó (outdoor cinema) · eo envetura kinejo (outdoor cinema) · pl kino samochodowe (outdoor cinema) · hu autósmozi (outdoor cinema) · fi drive-in-elokuvateatteri (outdoor cinema) · ja ドライブインシアター (outdoor cinema) · fi autoravintola (drive-in restaurant) · pt drive-in (outdoor cinema) · it autocinema (outdoor cinema) · es autocinema (outdoor cinema) · de Autokino (outdoor cinema) · pl drive-in (outdoor cinema) · cmn 得來速 /得来速 (outdoor cinema) · fr ciné-parc (outdoor cinema) · ja ドライブイン (outdoor cinema) · pl restauracja samochodowa (drive-in restaurant) · es autocine (outdoor cinema) · fi drive-in-ravintola (drive-in restaurant) · ru драйв-и́н (outdoor cinema) · it autocine (outdoor cinema) · ru автокинотеа́тр (outdoor cinema) · it drive-in (outdoor cinema) · it cineparcheggio (outdoor cinema) · it cineparco (outdoor cinema)