supermarket
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++su·per·mar·ket /ˈsuːpəˌmɑːkɪt $ -pərˌmɑːr-/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] BBTSHOP/STOREa very large shop that sells food, drinks, and things that people need regularly in their homes 超级市场，超市
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supermarket• Her doorman was perched on a folding chair, his attention largely given over to a supermarket tabloid.• There are plans to open a new supermarket next year.• Some imitation products are available on supermarket shelves.• I, who can not reach anything on the top shelf at the supermarket?• Leasure advises consumers to amass coupons only for products you regularly use, organize the coupons by aisles in the supermarket.• Some quality-graded lamb can be purchased in the supermarket.• In the supermarket and the local shop they are, at present, the only one.• If the product is approved, genetically engineered tomatoes could be on the supermarket shelves by 1993.• There was also a thrilling supermarket trolley formation display by the Safeway Green Arrows.From Longman Business Dictionarysupermarketsu‧per‧mar‧ket /ˈsuːpəˌmɑːkət, ˈsjuː--pərˌmɑːr-/ noun [countable] COMMERCEa large shop selling very many different kinds of food and other products used especially in the homeSales growth in UK supermarkets rose by almost 13%.Canada’s largest supermarket chain (=several shops owned by the same company) has 40% of the market. → financial supermarketsu·per·mar·ket nounChineseSyllable
food, drinks, very sells that Business Corpus a large shop
supermarket
su‧per‧mar‧ket S3 /ˈsuːpəˌmɑːkət, ˈsuːpəˌmɑːkɪt $ -pərˌmɑːr-/
noun [countable]
a very large shop that sells food, drinks, and things that people need regularly in their homes
▪ shop especially British English, store especially American English a building or place where things are sold: She's gone to the shops to get some milk. | a clothes shop | Our local store has sold out of sugar for making jam.
▪boutique a small shop that sells fashionable clothes or other objects: a little boutique which specializes in bath products.
▪superstore British English a very large shop, especially one that is built outside the centre of a city: Out -of-town superstores have taken business away from shops in the city centre.
▪department store a very large shop that is divided into several big parts, each of which sells one type of thing, such as clothes, furniture, or kitchen equipment: He went around all the big department stores in Oxford Street.
▪supermarket (also grocery store American English) a very large shop that sells food, drinks, and things that people need regularly in their homes: Supermarkets have cut down the number of plastic bags they distribute by 50%.
▪salon a shop where you can get your hair washed, cut curled etc
▪garden centre British English, nursery especially American English a place that sells a wide range of plants, seeds, and things for your garden: Your local garden centre can advise you on which plants to grow.
▪outlet formal a shop that sells things for less than the usual price, especially things from a particular company or things of a particular type: The book is available from most retail outlets.
▪market an area, usually outdoors, where people buy and sell many different types of things: I usually buy our vegetables at the market – they're much cheaper there.
▪mall especially American English a large area where there are a lot of shops, especially a large building: A new restaurant has opened at the mall. | We used to hang around together at the mall.
▪strip mall American English a row of shops built together, with a large area for parking cars in front of it: Strip malls can seem rather impersonal.
su‧per‧mar‧ket S3 /ˈsuːpəˌmɑːkət, ˈsuːpəˌmɑːkɪt $ -pərˌmɑːr-/
noun [countable]a very large shop that sells food, drinks, and things that people need regularly in their homes
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