supermarketn.

Brit.

/ˈsuːpəˌmɑːkɪt/,

/ˈsjuːpəˌmɑːkɪt/, U.S.

/ˈsupərˌmɑrkət/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, market n.

Etymology: < super- prefix + market n. Compare superstore n.

Originally U.S.

1. A large store, typically one of a chain, selling a wide range of food and groceries, as well as household goods and other products. Cf. hypermarket n.A defining characteristic of early supermarkets was that one selected the goods oneself rather than being attended to by a member of staff.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > large shop

store1852

department store1887

superstore1915

supermarket1931

supermart1938

hypermarket1970

megastore1970

1931 Los Angeles Times 22 Aug. 10/5 A. C. Jones..will head a chain of super markets with headquarters in Los Angeles.

1933 N.Y. Times 5 Mar. 11/4 For three months now a large supermarket in New Jersey has been doing a business reputed to average $100,000 a week.

1949 R. Graves Seven Days in New Crete 121 We buyers..drifted round with our baskets, silently helping ourselves to whatever we wanted... The procedure recalled that of an American super-market.

1959 Spectator 25 Sept. 409/1 This applies particularly to supermarkets, whose whole economy depends on people going in to buy a can of beans and coming out with a dazed expression and three pounds' worth of groceries.

1979 M. Boyce I was There! 70 The pithead baths is a supermarket now.

1993 Canad. Living July 25/2 You can find black bean sauce and rice vinegar at Oriental food stores and some supermarkets.

2006 Church Times 3 Mar. 13/1 Much in the press suggests that the power of the supermarkets will destroy the farming industry in Britain.

2. figurative. Something likened to a supermarket, esp. in offering much to choose from.

ΚΠ

1953 Life 2 Nov. 114 Most of the activity of BBC-TV is centered in the Limegrove studios in London, a far cry from the gleaming TV supermarkets of Hollywood and New York.

1957 Rotarian Feb. 43/3 (heading) Supermarket of Student Ideas.

1973 J. W. Polier in A. E. Wilkerson Rights of Children p. xiv The 1970 White House Conference on Children announced that prepared reports would offer ‘a supermarket of proposals’.

2001 G. Mathews in G. Mathews & Tai-Lok Lui Consuming Hong Kong x. 289 We consume information and ideas from the cultural supermarket.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as supermarket company, supermarket product, supermarket queue, supermarket shopping, etc.Some of the more established compounds of this type are entered separately at Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1933 N.Y. Times 26 Feb. 15/8 The independent and corporate chain stores are standing together against the alleged menace of the ‘super-market’ competition.

1951 C. W. Mills White Collar i. ii. 25 As supermarkets mushroomed..the chains began to imitate their supermarket competitors.

1963 Times Rev. Industry Aug. 65/2 Premier..is one of the few supermarket companies proper with a highly developed and well integrated scheme.

1975 D. Lodge Changing Places iii. 115 We seem to have fixed on the same day for supermarket shopping.

1977 F. Parrish Fire in Barley ii. 24 A lifetime of deep-frozen scampi, supermarket Riesling, [etc.].

1997 Icon Thoughtstyle Mag. Apr. 16/1 Bar codes first appeared on supermarket products in 1973.

2003 Independent on Sunday 7 Dec. (Review Suppl.) 55/1 Standing in the supermarket queue the other evening, the television was on as usual.

C2.

supermarket aisle n.

ΚΠ

1944 San Antonio (Texas) Light 13 May 12 (caption) The super market aisles aren't narrow enough—they [sc. women] have to hold meetings there.

2000 Big Issue 20 Mar. 21/2 Just because it has been transported from a glossy supermarket aisle to a container bin round the back, doesn't mean it can't be eaten.

supermarket cashier n.

ΚΠ

1939 Daily Messenger (Canandaigua, N.Y.) 27 July 10/2 (advt.) Wanted. Experienced Super-Market cashiers.

2006 M. Faber in Granta Summer 52 The sort of stuff that should be tossed hastily into a plastic bag by a supermarket cashier.

supermarket chain n.

ΚΠ

1938 Middletown (N.Y.) Times Herald 14 June 9 Bargain wholesalers, freelance merchants and super-market chains are battling for the consumers' dollar.

2002 M. J. Reiss in J. Bryant et al. Bioethics for Scientists i. i. 14 Supermarket chains frequently claim that they provide choice to their customers.

supermarket checkout n.

ΚΠ

1955 New Castle (Pa.) News 20 Dec. 16 (advt.) Supermarket check-out.

2002 F. Spufford Child that Bks. Built (2003) iii. 78 The chocolates for impulse purchasers at supermarket checkouts.

supermarket shelf n.

ΚΠ

1937 Van Nuys (Calif.) News 7 Oct. 15 (advt.) Harvest some of these splendid values from Super Market shelves.

2001 S. Walton You heard it through Grapevine i. 8 There was cru classé Bordeaux on every supermarket shelf.

C3.

supermarket cart n. North American = supermarket trolley n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle pushed or pulled by person > [noun] > wheelbarrow or handcart > trolley > supermarket trolley

supermarket cart1948

supermarket trolley1968

1948 Wall St. Jrnl. 23 Oct. 2/6 Donald Dailey's Philadelphia design firm has just finished a new supermarket cart.

2002 Toronto Star 31 July d1/2 Some Ontarians placidly toss mass-produced cheddars, bries and cheese strings into supermarket carts.

supermarket giant n. a supermarket chain operating on a very large scale.

ΚΠ

1953 Business Week 11 July 94/3 Houston has nurtured not one tough supermarket giant, but two.

1998 G. G. Scott Making Ethical Choices, Resolving Ethical Dilemmas xxi. 245 A key blowup occurred when Don had some union organizers on to talk against the plans of a big supermarket giant, which was a station advertiser.

2011 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 31 Oct. 22 Supermarket giants have declared a price war in a bid to win the battle for festive booze sales.

supermarket tabloid n. North American a tabloid newspaper featuring celebrity news, gossip, etc., in a populist or sensationalist style, and typically published weekly and displayed for sale at supermarket checkouts.

ΚΠ

1974 Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram 9 Oct. c2/1 Ram reserve center Bill Curry is fuming about an article in one of those supermarket tabloids.

1998 M. A. Powell Jesus as Figure in Hist. ii. 50 Jesus still gets more headlines than Elvis in supermarket tabloids, which regularly scream about signs of his return or the appearance of his image on screen doors or tortillas.

2007 Vanity Fair Aug. 84/2 You can't assume the audience knows anything beyond the latest thong-snappings in the supermarket tabloids.

supermarket trolley n. a large rectangular four-wheeled wire (or plastic) trolley provided for supermarket customers in which they may collect goods for purchase; a shopping trolley.In North America the usual term is shopping cart.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle pushed or pulled by person > [noun] > wheelbarrow or handcart > trolley > supermarket trolley

supermarket cart1948

supermarket trolley1968

1968 Guardian 14 May 12/5 Fewer and fewer men today feel it beneath their dignity to push a pram—or a supermarket trolley.

1977 Irish Times 8 June 8/8 I wandered in to sit with the farmers, and saw a heifer that would fit into a supermarket trolley sell for £60.

1993 H. Jacobson Roots Schmoots xi. 241 A Baltic bag-lady wheels her possessions in an old supermarket trolley.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	supermarket
释义	supermarketn. Brit. /ˈsuːpəˌmɑːkɪt/, /ˈsjuːpəˌmɑːkɪt/, U.S. /ˈsupərˌmɑrkət/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, market n. Etymology: < super- prefix + market n. Compare superstore n. Originally U.S. 1. A large store, typically one of a chain, selling a wide range of food and groceries, as well as household goods and other products. Cf. hypermarket n.A defining characteristic of early supermarkets was that one selected the goods oneself rather than being attended to by a member of staff. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > large shop store1852 department store1887 superstore1915 supermarket1931 supermart1938 hypermarket1970 megastore1970 1931 Los Angeles Times 22 Aug. 10/5 A. C. Jones..will head a chain of super markets with headquarters in Los Angeles. 1933 N.Y. Times 5 Mar. 11/4 For three months now a large supermarket in New Jersey has been doing a business reputed to average $100,000 a week. 1949 R. Graves Seven Days in New Crete 121 We buyers..drifted round with our baskets, silently helping ourselves to whatever we wanted... The procedure recalled that of an American super-market. 1959 Spectator 25 Sept. 409/1 This applies particularly to supermarkets, whose whole economy depends on people going in to buy a can of beans and coming out with a dazed expression and three pounds' worth of groceries. 1979 M. Boyce I was There! 70 The pithead baths is a supermarket now. 1993 Canad. Living July 25/2 You can find black bean sauce and rice vinegar at Oriental food stores and some supermarkets. 2006 Church Times 3 Mar. 13/1 Much in the press suggests that the power of the supermarkets will destroy the farming industry in Britain. 2. figurative. Something likened to a supermarket, esp. in offering much to choose from. ΚΠ 1953 Life 2 Nov. 114 Most of the activity of BBC-TV is centered in the Limegrove studios in London, a far cry from the gleaming TV supermarkets of Hollywood and New York. 1957 Rotarian Feb. 43/3 (heading) Supermarket of Student Ideas. 1973 J. W. Polier in A. E. Wilkerson Rights of Children p. xiv The 1970 White House Conference on Children announced that prepared reports would offer ‘a supermarket of proposals’. 2001 G. Mathews in G. Mathews & Tai-Lok Lui Consuming Hong Kong x. 289 We consume information and ideas from the cultural supermarket. Compounds C1. General attributive, as supermarket company, supermarket product, supermarket queue, supermarket shopping, etc.Some of the more established compounds of this type are entered separately at Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1933 N.Y. Times 26 Feb. 15/8 The independent and corporate chain stores are standing together against the alleged menace of the ‘super-market’ competition. 1951 C. W. Mills White Collar i. ii. 25 As supermarkets mushroomed..the chains began to imitate their supermarket competitors. 1963 Times Rev. Industry Aug. 65/2 Premier..is one of the few supermarket companies proper with a highly developed and well integrated scheme. 1975 D. Lodge Changing Places iii. 115 We seem to have fixed on the same day for supermarket shopping. 1977 F. Parrish Fire in Barley ii. 24 A lifetime of deep-frozen scampi, supermarket Riesling, [etc.]. 1997 Icon Thoughtstyle Mag. Apr. 16/1 Bar codes first appeared on supermarket products in 1973. 2003 Independent on Sunday 7 Dec. (Review Suppl.) 55/1 Standing in the supermarket queue the other evening, the television was on as usual. C2. supermarket aisle n. ΚΠ 1944 San Antonio (Texas) Light 13 May 12 (caption) The super market aisles aren't narrow enough—they [sc. women] have to hold meetings there. 2000 Big Issue 20 Mar. 21/2 Just because it has been transported from a glossy supermarket aisle to a container bin round the back, doesn't mean it can't be eaten. supermarket cashier n. ΚΠ 1939 Daily Messenger (Canandaigua, N.Y.) 27 July 10/2 (advt.) Wanted. Experienced Super-Market cashiers. 2006 M. Faber in Granta Summer 52 The sort of stuff that should be tossed hastily into a plastic bag by a supermarket cashier. supermarket chain n. ΚΠ 1938 Middletown (N.Y.) Times Herald 14 June 9 Bargain wholesalers, freelance merchants and super-market chains are battling for the consumers' dollar. 2002 M. J. Reiss in J. Bryant et al. Bioethics for Scientists i. i. 14 Supermarket chains frequently claim that they provide choice to their customers. supermarket checkout n. ΚΠ 1955 New Castle (Pa.) News 20 Dec. 16 (advt.) Supermarket check-out. 2002 F. Spufford Child that Bks. Built (2003) iii. 78 The chocolates for impulse purchasers at supermarket checkouts. supermarket shelf n. ΚΠ 1937 Van Nuys (Calif.) News 7 Oct. 15 (advt.) Harvest some of these splendid values from Super Market shelves. 2001 S. Walton You heard it through Grapevine i. 8 There was cru classé Bordeaux on every supermarket shelf. C3. supermarket cart n. North American = supermarket trolley n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle pushed or pulled by person > [noun] > wheelbarrow or handcart > trolley > supermarket trolley supermarket cart1948 supermarket trolley1968 1948 Wall St. Jrnl. 23 Oct. 2/6 Donald Dailey's Philadelphia design firm has just finished a new supermarket cart. 2002 Toronto Star 31 July d1/2 Some Ontarians placidly toss mass-produced cheddars, bries and cheese strings into supermarket carts. supermarket giant n. a supermarket chain operating on a very large scale. ΚΠ 1953 Business Week 11 July 94/3 Houston has nurtured not one tough supermarket giant, but two. 1998 G. G. Scott Making Ethical Choices, Resolving Ethical Dilemmas xxi. 245 A key blowup occurred when Don had some union organizers on to talk against the plans of a big supermarket giant, which was a station advertiser. 2011 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 31 Oct. 22 Supermarket giants have declared a price war in a bid to win the battle for festive booze sales. supermarket tabloid n. North American a tabloid newspaper featuring celebrity news, gossip, etc., in a populist or sensationalist style, and typically published weekly and displayed for sale at supermarket checkouts. ΚΠ 1974 Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram 9 Oct. c2/1 Ram reserve center Bill Curry is fuming about an article in one of those supermarket tabloids. 1998 M. A. Powell Jesus as Figure in Hist. ii. 50 Jesus still gets more headlines than Elvis in supermarket tabloids, which regularly scream about signs of his return or the appearance of his image on screen doors or tortillas. 2007 Vanity Fair Aug. 84/2 You can't assume the audience knows anything beyond the latest thong-snappings in the supermarket tabloids. supermarket trolley n. a large rectangular four-wheeled wire (or plastic) trolley provided for supermarket customers in which they may collect goods for purchase; a shopping trolley.In North America the usual term is shopping cart. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle pushed or pulled by person > [noun] > wheelbarrow or handcart > trolley > supermarket trolley supermarket cart1948 supermarket trolley1968 1968 Guardian 14 May 12/5 Fewer and fewer men today feel it beneath their dignity to push a pram—or a supermarket trolley. 1977 Irish Times 8 June 8/8 I wandered in to sit with the farmers, and saw a heifer that would fit into a supermarket trolley sell for £60. 1993 H. Jacobson Roots Schmoots xi. 241 A Baltic bag-lady wheels her possessions in an old supermarket trolley. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1931
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