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单词 department store
释义
department store
noun[C]
uk
/dɪˈpɑːt.mənt ˌstɔːr/us
/dɪˈpɑːrt.mənt ˌstɔːr/
A2
alargeshopdividedinto several differentparts, each of whichsellsdifferent things
百货公司，综合性商店
Synonym
emporiumold-fashioned
See also
storenoun(SHOP)
Examples
  • Animalrightsextremistshavethreatenedtofirebombanydepartmentstoresthatcontinuetostockfurcoats.
  • He's got ajobdemonstratingkitchenequipmentin adepartmentstore.
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  • army disposals store
  • army surplus store
  • army-navy store
  • art gallery
  • auction
  • craft fair
  • craft shop
  • creamery
  • deli
  • delicatessen
  • mall
  • mart
  • meat market
  • medical hall
  • megastore
  • strip mall
  • super-sale
  • supermarket
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(Definition ofdepartment storefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • By the 1920s in Japan robots were starting to appear in department stores.
  • Are our large department stores an injury to the country?
  • Hardware section of a department store.
  • Presents were distributed to the children and the mothers received an order for goods in one of the department stores.
  • The thousands of women employed in the New York department stores are of many kinds.
  • They went together to a department store and purchased a charming little bag with a lot of traveling accessories in plain compact form, light enough for an invalid to carry.

department store| American Dictionary

department store
noun[C]
us
/dɪˈpɑrt·mənt ˌstɔr,ˌstoʊr/
alargestoredividedinto several differentareas, each of whichsellsdifferenttypesof things
(Definition ofdepartment storefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

department store| Business English

department store
noun[C]
COMMERCE
uk
us
alargestorethatsellsmanykindsofproductsin differentpartsof thebuilding:
She took ajobas asalesassistantin thelingeriesectionof adepartmentstore.
(Definition ofdepartment storefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdepartment store

department store
During the induction week the project manager had sent them to a largedepartmentstoreto select their uniform.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There is thus nothing on this earlier period to match the outpouring of work on the nineteenth- and twentieth-centurydepartmentstore, for example.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The personnel manager of thedepartmentstorefired the lazy salesman.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Another case demonstrates how important the physical extent of thedepartmentstorewas for the success of its business.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Whether this depended on buying land is another matter, but one which was apparently never questioned bydepartmentstoremanagers.
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Later, she had worked part-time in adepartmentstoreuntil she retired at 65 years of age.
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It was nevertheless common for adepartmentstoreto undertake major alteration work in a rented building with little regard for this condition.
From theCambridge English Corpus
As the middle classes developed with the growth of the capitalist economy, so too did expositions change their nature from mere catalogues todepartmentstore-like showcases of modern lifestyle.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A largedepartmentstoremay carry on its business in two blocks separated by a street.
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They would like to have a very large throughput of people buying spectacles without any great difficulty in adepartmentstore.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It ignores the fact that in rural areas it is not enough to have adepartmentstoreor supermarket in the centre of a town.
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I am happy to note that a bigdepartmentstoreis shortly to open in my constituency which will employ no fewer than 700 people.
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The other boy had no particular ambition and became an errand boy in adepartmentstore.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
In anotherdepartmentstoreon the south coast the carpet department this year lost £300.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
An example would be moving from adepartmentstoreto a discounter.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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