1580s, "place of trade, mart," from Latin emporium, from Greek emporion "trading place, market," from emporos "merchant," originally "traveler," from assimilated form of en "in" (see en- (2)) + poros "passage, voyage," related to peirein "to pass through" (see port (n.1)). Greek emporos in the "merchant" sense meant especially "one who trades on a large scale, usually but not necessarily by sea" [Buck], as opposed to kapelos "local retail dealer, shopkeeper." Properly, a town which serves as the commercial hub of a region, but by 1830s American English "Grandiloquently applied to a shop or store" [Craigie].
实用例句
1. an arts and crafts emporium
工艺品商店来自《权威词典》
2. Singapore, emporium of the East.
新加坡, 东方的商业中心.来自辞典例句
3. Analyses the operation effect of total heat exchangers applied to emporium area.
分析了商场部分全热交换器的应用效果.来自互联网
4. Some TV sets for sale in the emporium were stolen last night.
