| 单词 |
hypermarket |
| 释义 |
hypermarket|ˈhaɪpəmɑːkɪt|
[f. hyper- + market n., translating F. hypermarché (f. marché market, after supermarché supermarket).]
A very large self-service store, usually situated outside a town, having an extensive car park and selling a wide range of goods.
1970Guardian 1 Oct. 7/1 A proposed new ‘hypermarket’, a gigantic supermarket which could be the precursor of complete shops as big as whole villages. 1971Times 14 July 19/4 The catalyst has been the imminent arrival in the United Kingdom of Carrefour hypermarkets. 1971Observer 3 Oct. 15/2 Hypermarkets are like retail factories, vast warehouse-type buildings. 1972New Statesman 28 Jan. 101/1 By 1966 four hypermarkets (i.e. units of over 25,000 sq. ft. of floor space) had been set up. These huge self-service stores have caught on in France more than in Britain—today there are 144 of them. 1972Daily Tel. 23 May 22/7 Although only a quarter the size of the typical hypermarket, it has all the other ingredients—one-level parking, discount prices, a substantial non-food sector, and late opening. |
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