请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 emporium
释义 em·po·ri·um
\ə̇mˈpōrēəm, em-, -ȯr-\ noun
(plural emporiums \-ēəmz\ ; also empo·ria \-ēə\)
Etymology: Latin, from Greek emporion, from emporos traveler, trader, from em- en- (II) + -poros (from poros path, road, journey — more at fare)
1.
 a. : a place of trade : marketplace, mart; especially : a commercial center
  < the emporium of the innumerable kinds of merchandise which are exchanged between China, Central Asia, and Europe — W.H.G.Kingston >
  < it has been primarily an industrial city rather than a commercial emporium — Lewis Mumford >
 b. : an especially sizable place of business or center of activity that serves customers
  < earning his living at the local furniture emporium — William McFee >
  < he has built and equipped two eating emporiums with a combined capacity of more than 200 food consumers at a sitting — Fred Hawthorne >
  < a hardware emporium >
 c. : a store, shop, or similar enterprise making claim to fanciness or special commercial significance
  < drinking and gambling emporiumAmerican Guide Series: Oregon >
  < found his once sedate carriage shop transformed into a sort of Hollywood hot-rod emporium — Hugh Humphrey >
  < the dresses in the windows of the dry-goods emporium — Hamilton Basso >
  < one of the shiny movie emporiums — P.E.Deutschman >
  < a Chinese chop-suey emporium — Bennett Cerf >
2. : a store carrying a great diversity of merchandise
 < that general emporium which catered to a variety of human needs — Della Lutes >
 < an air-conditioned news, candy, and soda-fountain emporium — J.P.Marquand >
随便看

 

英语词典包含332784条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/11 22:04:20