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单词 automat
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automat

/ˈɔːtə(ʊ)mat /
noun US historical
A cafeteria in which food and drink were obtained from slot machines.When the detective in The Erasers eats lunch, it is in an automat where food is reduced to ‘cubes’ and ‘replicas.’...
  • Fueled by the nickels of new legions of white collar workers and immigrants who could not speak English and therefore could not order at a restaurant, the automat prospered in the early 1900s and handily survived the Depression.
  • By the 1920s, some restaurants and automats were heavily populated with gay men, especially late at night, and a few places openly catered to them.

Origin

Late 17th century (denoting an automaton): from German, from French automate, from Latin automaton (see automaton). The current sense dates from the early 20th century.

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