单词 | emporium |
释义 | emporium (once / 4344 pages) n An emporium is a large store that sells a variety of merchandise. You can call a department store, with its many different departments, an emporium. Any retail store that separates its goods into different areas — like "men's hats" and "kids' shoes" and "household goods" — can be called an emporium. Almost every small city in the United States used to have at least one emporium on its main street, although today you might refer to a big box store or a shopping mall as an emporium. Emporium is a Latin word, rooted in the Greek emporion, "trading place or market," from emporos, "merchant or traveler." WORD FAMILYemporium: emporia, emporiums USAGE EXAMPLESHostess said it also received incentives from Emporia, the State of Indiana and the City of Indianapolis. New York Times(Dec 10, 2016) This emporium is his second act; its first iteration on Macdougal Street was the epicenter of Greenwich Village’s legendary 1960s folk music scene. New York Times(Dec 07, 2016) On a recent day, 20 to 30 people waited just outside the front door of the Opera House Coffee House & Food Emporium. Washington Times(Nov 11, 2016) n a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain Syn|Hyper department store mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet a place of business for retailing goods |
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