1580s, "place of trade, mart," from Latin emporium, from Greek emporion "trading place, market," from emporos "merchant," originally "traveler," from assimilated form of en "in" (see en- (2)) + poros "passage, voyage," related to peirein "to pass through" (see port (n.1)). Greek emporos in the "merchant" sense meant especially "one who trades on a large scale, usually but not necessarily by sea" [Buck], as opposed to kapelos "local retail dealer, shopkeeper." Properly, a town which serves as the commercial hub of a region, but by 1830s American English "Grandiloquently applied to a shop or store" [Craigie].
雙語例句
1. an arts and crafts emporium
工藝品商店
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. Singapore, emporium of the East.
新加坡, 東方的商業(yè)中心.
來自辭典例句
3. Analyses the operation effect of total heat exchangers applied to emporium area.
分析了商場(chǎng)部分全熱交換器的應(yīng)用效果.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Some TV sets for sale in the emporium were stolen last night.