单词 | entrepot |
释义 | entrepot (once / 58803 pages) n WORD FAMILY entrepot: entrepots USAGE EXAMPLESSultan Suleiman the Magnificent celebrated the entrepot’s pluralism and diversity as “a quantity of fine flowers of diverse colours”. Economist(Sep 29, 2016) Albania is a major entrepot of the European drugs market. Economist(Sep 22, 2016) Senegal had became known worldwide for its landmarks of the slave trade, particularly on Gorée, a major entrepot, or trading center. Washington Post(Aug 17, 2016) 1n a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millennium BC Syn|Hyper transshipment center port a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country 2n a depository for goods Syn|Hypo|Hyper depot, storage, store, storehouse dump a place where supplies can be stored garner, granarya storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed magazine, powder magazine, powder storea storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored railheada railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution treasure housea storehouse for treasures storage warehouse, warehousea storehouse for goods and merchandise criba bin or granary for storing grains godown(in India and Malaysia) a warehouse deposit, depositary, depository, repository a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping |
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