单词 | entrepot |
释义 | entrepot in British Englishnoun warehouse for commercial goods entrepôt in British English (French ɑ̃trəpo) noun 1. a warehouse for commercial goods 2. a. a trading centre or port at a geographically convenient location, at which goods are imported and re-exported without incurring liability for duty b. (as modifier) an entrepôt trade Word origin C18: French, from entreposer to put in, from entre- between, inter- + poser to place (see pose1); formed on the model of depotentrepôt in American English (ˈɑntrəˌpoʊ; ˌ ɑntrəˈpoʊ) noun 1. a place for the storage of goods; warehouse 2. a distributing center for goods Word origin Fr < OFr entreposer, to place in (temporary) storage, orig., to interpose, infl. by dépot (see depot) < entre-, between (< L inter-, inter-) + poser, to put in place: see pose1 |
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