单词 | outlet |
释义 | outlet (aʊtlet ) Word forms: outlets 1. countable noun An outlet is a shop or organization which sells the goods made by a particular manufacturer. ...the largest retail outlet in the city. [+ in] Synonyms: shop, store, supermarket, market 2. countable noun [oft NOUN noun] An outlet or an outlet store is a place which sells slightly damaged or outdated goods from a particular manufacturer, or goods that it made in greater quantities than needed. ...the factory outlet store in Belmont. 3. countable noun If someone has an outlet for their feelings or ideas, they have a means of expressing and releasing them. Her father had found an outlet for his ambition in his work. [+ for] Synonyms: channel, release, medium, avenue 4. countable noun An outlet is a hole or pipe through which liquid or air can flow away. ...a warm air outlet. ...an underwater outlet pipe discharging waste into the sea. 5. countable noun An outlet is an organization that publishes news. Any respectable media outlet would have fired him. ...the Associated Press and other news outlets. 6. countable noun An outlet is a place, usually in a wall, where you can connect electrical devices to the electricity supply. [mainly US] regional note: in BRIT, usually use socketCollocations: creative outlet Yet giving up acting was another loss, and deprived her of a creative outlet and a society of her own. The Times Literary Supplement (2014) I needed a more creative outlet for my energy. The Sun (2012) Bored and in need of a creative outlet, she took up knitting. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The scheme will also include a surf lake and beach, themed hotel, outdoor leisure activities and a designer outlet shopping village. Times, Sunday Times The centre has recently undergone a complete rebrand to create a contemporary designer outlet shopping and leisure destination. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Designer outlets and bargain websites are flourishing in the current climate. Times, Sunday Times But do not miss other designer outlets in the building, including some interior design stores that will ship goods home for you. Times, Sunday Times Designer outlets have held up well during the recession as customers have continued to pour cash into buying expensive brands and labels at a discount. Times, Sunday Times This means they can often acquire funds through a distribution outlet, such as customers at a bank branch. Times, Sunday Times Those changes include a refit of its clutch of shops - 'walk down any fashion street, you see one limestone mausoleum after another' - and another cull of its third-party distribution outlets. Times, Sunday Times Together with djinshi conventions, djin shops are the main distribution outlets for djinshi. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This measurement may be in terms of sales volume, money value, market share, percentage penetration of distribution outlets and so on. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These were milestones of achievement, especially for an independent project with very limited distribution outlets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And by telling a fast-food outlet not to sell a product because a customer might throw it, they appear to have exceeded their powers. Times, Sunday Times Instead, they headed straight for their cars and ordered their drivers to take them to the nearest fast-food outlet. The Sun The advent of fitness clubs and gyms also brought us a fast-food outlet on every street corner. Times, Sunday Times This merely makes you sound like a fast-food outlet. Times, Sunday Times I walk away from the campus past a deserted fruit and veg shop and a long queue outside a nearby fast-food outlet. Times, Sunday Times Outside, the food outlets are housed in smaller tents and each one is better than anything inside the London venues. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Most foreign visitors will arrive at airports, providing an opportunity for extra business for stores and food outlets. Times, Sunday Times (2009) There will be 41 food outlets at the fair. Times, Sunday Times (2006) I'd also suggest exploring martial arts, which provide an outlet for frustration and anger while also fostering the development of self-control. Times, Sunday Times The 36-year-old captain directed traffic without blinking and ambled upfield to provide an outlet and cajole. Times,Sunday Times They also give permission to lament and provide an outlet for complaints. Christianity Today The firm decided to undertake the mammoth task to provide an outlet for talents such as writing, acting, singing, dancing and production lurking within the agency. Times, Sunday Times It serves both to promote established professional artists and to provide an outlet for new artists. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Despite her wealthy background, she loves a bargain at a shopping outlet. Times, Sunday Times It was left abandoned after the closure of the festival in 1992, but has since then being converted into a shopping outlet and tourist attraction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are over 120 designer brands located at the shopping outlet. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The place has several upmarket residential establishments as well as expensive shopping outlets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Several of the old hangars were separated from the airport area and turned into shopping outlets adjacent to the airport. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Gray expanded into importing and opened a wholesale outlet. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the chain expects sales to wholesale outlets for the full year to be up by 12 per cent on last year. Times, Sunday Times Specific trade shows, analysts, publications, blogs and retail/wholesale outlets tend to be fairly common to each industry/product area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 直销店 Japanese: アウトレット |
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