单词 | shopping basket |
释义 | shopping basketn. Chiefly British and Irish English. 1. A basket used for carrying purchases when shopping; spec. (in later use) a wire or plastic basket provided by a retailer for the use of customers within a shop.In quot. 1997: (figurative) the range of basic goods regularly purchased by a household. ΚΠ 1865 N.Y. Times 9 Sept. 8 The accused..stole a quantity of trifles and thrust them into a capacious shopping-basket. 1923 E. Bowen Encounters 166 She had forgotten her shopping basket and her purse. 1977 Times 29 June 5/7 She arrived at the court by bus carrying a shopping basket containing her dressing gown. 1997 BBC Vegetarian Good Food Apr. 8/1 Youngsters can exert their ‘pester power’ to successfully influence what goes into the family shopping basket. 2015 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 24 June 3 People who buy organic..food insist the contents of their shopping basket taste better. 2. Within an internet shopping site or application: a facility which records items selected for possible purchase by a customer until he or she is ready to complete a transaction; a list of potential purchases produced by such a facility; = shopping cart n. 2. ΚΠ 1994 Network World 31 Oct. 46/4 The server creates a ‘shopping basket’ document that lets user [sic] compare prices. 1999 Mirror 13 May 40/2 By clicking on the ‘shopping basket’ icon, you can see not only what you've selected so far, but how much your goods will amount to. 2001 Working from Home Mar. 11/3 DotEnabler..has..a shopping basket with integrated credit card payment. 2009 A. Arnold Internet for Older & Wiser ii. ix. 138 Once you have decided to buy the book click on Add to Shopping Basket. You are not committed to this purchase by doing this as you can always remove it from the shopping basket at a later stage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1865 |
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