[シャワーこうか, shawa-kouka] (n) (See 噴水効果) shower effect (theory that placing high-selling items on the upper floors of a department store will lead to increased sales in the lower floors) [Add to Longdo]
[ふんすいこうか, funsuikouka] (n) fountain effect (theory that high sales in the basement of a department store lead to increased sales in the upper levels as well) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Department store \De*part"ment store\
A store keeping a great variety of goods which are arranged
in several departments.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
department store
n 1: a large retail store organized into departments offering a
variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain
[syn: {department store}, {emporium}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย