单词 | frozen aisle |
释义 | > as lemmasfrozen aisle d. Originally U.S. A passage or gangway between rows of shelves, cabinets, etc., in a department store, supermarket, or similar commercial establishment. Also with modifying word designating the aisle in which a specified item can be found, as cereal aisle, frozen aisle, etc. ΚΠ 1884 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 20 May 7/3 (advt.) Attention is called to special sale of remnants now in progress in center aisle of our store. 1890 Notes & Queries 19 July 53/1 I have heard the space between the counters of a shop called ‘the aisle’ in Liverpool. 1904 N.Y. Times 9 May 4 The main aisle [of the store] is full of laces. 1932 J. C. Powys Glastonbury Romance viii. 217 She bought something at last, however; and..walked away with her parcel down the central aisle of the shop. 1984 A. Smith in G. Ursell More Sask. Gold ii. x. 222 Down the scuffed and faded aisle from them, cash registers are dinging softly. 1996 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Tribune (Nexis) 7 Apr. 1 e The fastest growing areas of the supermarket are the take-out and frozen aisles. 2003 J. R. Lennon Mailman i. v. 283 He walked up and down the cereal aisle, intending only to grab an appealing box and move on, but all of them looked so good. 2008 Independent 18 Jan. 46/1 You can wander through aisle after aisle of strip-lit baked beans and biscuits. < as lemmas |
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