单词 | bazaar |
释义 | bazaarn. 1. a. A Middle Eastern marketplace or permanent market, usually consisting of ranges of shops or stalls, where all kinds of merchandise are offered for sale. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > market-place > European or Eastern bazaar1588 bezesteen1656 gunge1776 souka1817 mercado1841 zoco1892 chowk1895 pasar1907 c1340 Balducci Pegolotti Merc. Handbk. gives Bazarra as Genoese word for ‘market-place’ (Y.). ] 1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 2 A faire place or towne, and in it a faire Bazarro for Merchants. 1617 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 3) v. vii. 601 A great Basar or Market of Brazen wares. ?1655 R. Baron Mirza i. 5 A giddy stream Of people..Powring themselves from all parts to the Buzzarr. 1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant ix. 33 Several Bazaards or publick Markets. 1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh Introd., 2 The bazaars..were all covered with the richest tapestry. 1863 M. L. Whately Ragged Life Egypt iv. 25 Then we dive into a dark little street..it is the shoe-bazaar. b. A market in a Middle Eastern camp. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > market-place > European or Eastern > in a camp bazaar1803 1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) III. 554 The enemy..were completely defeated, with the loss of all their bazars. 1882 C. Francis Med. Temp. Jrnl. No. 52. 148 Country liquor is too readily obtainable from the bazaar even though the sale of it to soldiers is strictly prohibited. 2. A fancy fair in imitation of a Middle Eastern bazaar; esp. a sale of useful and ornamental articles, in behalf of some charitable or religious object. Also used of a shop, or arcade of shops, displaying an assortment of fancy goods (see quot. 1889). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > [noun] > bazaar, jumble sale, or sale of work bazaar1807 fair1826 fête1830 festival1843 church fair1844 sale of work1859 rummage sale1890 jumble-sale1898 jumble1931 mini-market1976 society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop selling fancy goods or curios gaudy-shopa1627 toy shop1691 knick-knackatory1702 knackatory1709 bazaar1807 curiosity-shop1818 bric-a-brac shop1840 novelty store1874 novelty shop1893 odditorium1914 gift shop1918 curio-shop1920 1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. I. vii. 82 My way..took me through a place called Exeter Change, which is precisely a Bazar, a sort of street under cover, or large long room, with a row of shops on either hand, and a thoroughfare between them; the shops being furnished with such articles as might..remind a passenger of his wants. 1816 Soho Bazaar. 1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More II. 216 No Vanity Fair opened in aid of the funds, under the title of a Ladies' Bazaar. 1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 76/1 Paternoster-row with its books, Monmouth-street with its shoes..are more properly bazaars than the miscellaneous shops assembled under cover, which are in London designated by the name. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 346 Milliners, toymen, and jewellers came down from London, and opened a bazaar under the trees. 1876 World No. 106. 16 A bazaar is the clergyman's recognised ultimate hope when he wants to enlarge his school. 1888 E. Bellamy Looking Backward v. 74 The great city bazar crushed its country rivals with branch stores. 1889 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Marts bearing the name of bazaars, for the sale of miscellaneous articles, chiefly fancy goods, are now to be found in most European and American cities. 1930 Economist 3 May 1008/2 A preliminary statement issued by this progressive company of bazaar proprietors reports excellent results for the year ended March 31, 1930. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1588 |
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