English Dictionary

curb service

名詞

アメリカ英語 古風 不可算名詞

(chiefly US, somewhat dated, sometimes hyphenated when used attributively) An exchange, such as ordering and delivery of fast food, which occurs when a worker comes outside to interact with a customer who remains within his or her stopped vehicle.

日本語の意味

顧客が車内に留まったままで、店員が車外に出向いて注文を受け取り、商品を届けるサービス（主にファストフードで用いられる方式）

Many restaurants revived their curb service during the rainy weekend to keep customers dry while they picked up meals.

多くのレストランは、雨の週末に車に乗ったまま受け取りができる路上受け渡しサービスを再開し、顧客が濡れないようにしました。

意味（1）

(chiefly US, somewhat dated, sometimes hyphenated when used attributively) An exchange, such as ordering and delivery of fast food, which occurs when a worker comes outside to interact with a customer who remains within his or her stopped vehicle.

Ernest H. Carter was fined $550 for drunken driving after he pulled into a brightly illuminated suburban police station, tooted his horn, told a cop he was there for curb service, ordered coffee and a hamburger.

意味（2）

(chiefly US) Convenient pickup of one's items, such as garbage or baggage, from the roadside; convenient delivery of items to the roadside near one's location.

George Barry, the dump's manager, found $8,500 in negotiable securities. He delivered them to the door of the woman who had thrown them out, a kind of reverse curb service.