单词 | emporium |
释义 | emporium /em pawr"ee euhm, -pohr"-/, n. , pl. emporiums, emporia /-pawr"ee euh, -pohr"-/. 1. a large retail store, esp. one selling a great variety of articles. 2. a place, town, or city of important commerce, esp. a principal center of trade: New York is one of the world's great emporiums. [1580-90; < L < Gk empórion market, emporium, equiv. to émporos merchant, orig. traveler, passenger (em- EM-2 + póros passage, voyage; cf. en póroi on a voyage, en route) + -ion n. suffix of place] Syn. 1. market, marketplace, bazaar. |
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