a small open-fronted hut or cubicle, from which newspapers, refreshments, tickets, etc. are sold 售货亭 ■(一般作 telephone kiosk)(Brit.)a public telephone booth (英)公用电话亭 ■(archaic)(in Turkey and Iran) a light open pavilion or summer house (古)(土耳其,伊朗)凉亭,亭子
语源
early 17th cent. (in the sense pavilion): from French kiosque, from Turkish köşk 'pavilion', from Persian kuš