(公路、桥梁等的)收费站;收费亭(车辆在此缴费通过)。
/ˈtoʊlˌbuːθ/
I paid the fee at the tollbooth.
我在收费站付了通行费。
After hours of driving, we finally reached a tollbooth, where electronic signs warned that cash was not accepted and the lanes were being monitored by cameras.
开了几个小时车后,我们终于到了一个收费站;电子标牌提醒不收现金,车道还由摄像头监控。
tollbooth 由 toll(通行费、过路费)+ booth(小亭子、岗亭)组合而成,字面意思就是“收过路费的亭子”。在道路、桥梁等需要收取通行费用的地方,这种小亭子逐渐固定成常见设施,因此该复合词也随之普及。