| 单词 | sticker shock |
| 释义 | > as lemmassticker shock sticker shock n. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.) shock or dismay experienced on discovering the high or increased price of a product (originally, as marked on the price sticker for a car); this experience as a phenomenon. ΚΠ 1981 Industry Week 23 Mar. 54 The current round of rebates is not expected to help 1981 balance sheets at all. But the industry has no other viable choice to counter ‘sticker shock’. 1995 Denver Post 5 Mar. h1/4 Another FHP customer struck by health insurance sticker shock when she learned monthly payments were due to climb. 2000 B. Gamble Black Sheep One v. 87 The tailors charged what the market would bear, allowing cadets to purchase everything on credit to soften the sticker shock. < as lemmas |
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