单词 | entrepôt city |
释义 | > as lemmasentrepôt city General attributive, as entrepôt city, entrepôt trade, etc. ΚΠ 1829 Morning Chron. 29 June There is another source of diminution to the entrepot trade of Jamaica. 1849 Sartain's Mag. Oct. 226/2 When the trade became large, an entrepot city was necessary. 1949 H. A. R. Gibb Mohammedanism ii. 24 A busy and wealthy commercial town, almost monopolizing the entrepôt trade between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean. 1991 R. Oliver Afr. Experience (1993) viii. 97 The reorganization involved the enlargement of territory in order to protect trade routes, and the creation of entrepôt towns. 2000 R. W. Holder Taunton Cider & Langdons p. vii With the railways effectively out of the entrepôt market, society relies totally on road transport for its food, its fuel, and virtually every other product. < as lemmas |
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