warehouse
noun [ C ] uk/ˈweə.haʊs/ us/ˈwer.haʊs/
C2 货仓，仓库
a large building for storing things before they are sold, used, or sent out to shops, or
The goods have been sitting in a warehouse for months because a strike has prevented distribution. 因为罢工无法发货，货物已经堆在仓库里好几个月了。
mainly UK (US usually warehouse store)仓库批发店，大型零售商店
a large shop selling large numbers of a particular product at a cheap rate
We bought both sofas from a big furniture warehouse out of town. 这两张沙发都是我们在城外的一家大型家具店里买的。
- More examples
- Soldiers had chased the protesters into a warehouse and set fire to it.
- The robbers were holed up in a deserted warehouse.
- Michael Davis has prepared a memorandum outlining our need for an additional warehouse.
- A proposed 5% pay cut has outraged staff at the warehouse.
- They pulled down the warehouse to build a new supermarket.
warehouse
verb [ T ] UK uk/ˈweə.haʊz/ /ˈweə.haʊs/ us/ˈwer.haʊz/ /ˈwer.haʊs/
仓储
to store something in a warehouse
The division was only able to sell 40 systems, leaving 80 units warehoused and unsold. 这个部门只卖出了40套系统，还有80套储存在仓库里没有卖出去。