Discount house
[经] 折扣商店, 廉价商店, 贴现商行
📖 牛津释义
discount house
1 (Brit commerce 商) establishment which deals in discounts (discount1 2) 贴现公司; 贴现银行.
2 (US) = discount shop.
🧩 词语组成解析
discount
[dɪs'kaʊnt]
vt. 打折扣，减价出售;减息贷款;削价出售，打折;减价，减量;
vi. 折扣;贴现率;贴现;
n. 贴现;数目;（任何面值上的）扣除额;（考虑到故事、报告、报道等的夸张或偏见等）不全信;
dis 取消+ count数量 → 取消一些金钱的花费\r\n → (价格、债款等)折扣
house
[haʊs]
n. 房屋;全家人;（从事某种生意的）公司;（英国）下议院;
v. 给…提供住房;收藏;安置;
🗣️ 情景例句
I'm a student of the world; in other words I flunked out of high school.
我是社会学生，换句话说，我高中后就辍学了。
Why are you yelling?
你在嚷什么？
Dressed up as Father Christmas and accompanied by a 'guard of honour' of six pretty girls, he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo.
他打扮成圣诞老人，在由6个漂亮姑娘组成的“仪仗队”的陪同下，骑上一头名叫江伯的小象，沿着城里的主要街道出发了。