| 单词 | warehouse club |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswarehouse club warehouse club n. (a) a club (esp. a sports club) for or consisting of warehouse workers (now rare); (b) originally and chiefly North American an organization which operates from a large, warehouse-like store and sells goods in bulk at low prices to customers who must first become club members.In sense (b) recorded earliest in the name of such an organization. ΚΠ 1877 Notts. Guardian 19 Jan. 6/3 Cricket fixtures... I especially put forth this suggestion for the consideration of our ‘Warehouse Clubs’. 1917 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily News 5 July 8/3 The warehouse club is very strong. 1983 Barron's 5 Sept. 27/3 In early July a Price Club imitator, the Warehouse Club, also opened it doors. 1985 Nation's Business Mar. 74 (heading) ‘Warehouse clubs’ give small firms a break at the checkout counter. 2011 L. Laing Math for Grownups i. 23 Your friendly warehouse club offers bulk packaging and, they say, rock-bottom prices. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。