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单词 big box
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Definition of big box in English:

big box

noun
North American informal
  • usually as modifier A very large store that sells goods at discount prices, especially one specializing in a particular type of merchandise.

    a new range of products now available at big box retailers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are, of course, large pet stores, catalog retailers, plus the big box outlets.
    • If more people shop at the big box stores, it can only mean more people prefer them to small local businesses.
    • We courted big box stores and chain restaurants because we had low self-esteem about what our town had to offer.
    • He is also concerned about the social and environmental effects of big box stores in Regina.
    • He is more tolerant of the idea of the big box store because he said some people need stores with cheap alternatives.
    • Will Huntington Drive surrender its decrepit auto-body shops only to make way for chain stores and big boxes?
    • In addition, mom-and-pop shops are facing more competition from big box stores and Internet sites.
    • In more recent years, the commercial area along Highway 2 has become home of the visual anarchy of ugly big box stores and strip malls.
    • As a result, some entrepreneurs who sell their products to the big boxes have decided to forgo more generic trade shows.
    • Only big box stores offered extended warranties for them back then.
    • In general, I don't like to shop big box and chain stores anyway, but that's another topic.
    • Sprawl is driven in part by the fact that new shopping centers, big box stores, and town house complexes need large tracts of land.
    • I don't know if I'll have much luck with the big box stores in the city, but I'll give it a try.
    • We chat for a while about deforestation, unions, big box stores and global politics.
    • The big box discount retailer is always in the news, garnering both good and bad press.
    • Yes, there is heavy competition from big box outlets, specialty stores and the Internet.
    • The truth of the matter is that as a community, we end up being more burdened financially when these big box stores move in.
    • I really would suggest that you go to one of the big box housewares stores & get new bedroom furnishings.
    • Now, there are some issues with big box stores, but people usually blow it off.
    • And, if that doesn't work, try hanging out in the tool section of your nearby big box home renovation store.
 
 

Definition of big box in US English:

big box

noun
North American informal
  • usually as modifier A very large store that sells goods at discount prices, especially one specializing in a particular type of merchandise.

    a new range of products now available at big box retailers
    a big box store in the burbs
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Will Huntington Drive surrender its decrepit auto-body shops only to make way for chain stores and big boxes?
    • In general, I don't like to shop big box and chain stores anyway, but that's another topic.
    • The big box discount retailer is always in the news, garnering both good and bad press.
    • He is also concerned about the social and environmental effects of big box stores in Regina.
    • Sprawl is driven in part by the fact that new shopping centers, big box stores, and town house complexes need large tracts of land.
    • Yes, there is heavy competition from big box outlets, specialty stores and the Internet.
    • The truth of the matter is that as a community, we end up being more burdened financially when these big box stores move in.
    • We courted big box stores and chain restaurants because we had low self-esteem about what our town had to offer.
    • I really would suggest that you go to one of the big box housewares stores & get new bedroom furnishings.
    • I don't know if I'll have much luck with the big box stores in the city, but I'll give it a try.
    • Now, there are some issues with big box stores, but people usually blow it off.
    • And, if that doesn't work, try hanging out in the tool section of your nearby big box home renovation store.
    • In addition, mom-and-pop shops are facing more competition from big box stores and Internet sites.
    • We chat for a while about deforestation, unions, big box stores and global politics.
    • As a result, some entrepreneurs who sell their products to the big boxes have decided to forgo more generic trade shows.
    • There are, of course, large pet stores, catalog retailers, plus the big box outlets.
    • He is more tolerant of the idea of the big box store because he said some people need stores with cheap alternatives.
    • In more recent years, the commercial area along Highway 2 has become home of the visual anarchy of ugly big box stores and strip malls.
    • If more people shop at the big box stores, it can only mean more people prefer them to small local businesses.
    • Only big box stores offered extended warranties for them back then.
 
 
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