a very large shop located outside a town, that sells a wide range of goods 特大型商店(坐落在城外,商品种类繁多) The company opened a £15 million hypermarket at Stockton. 该公司在斯托克顿开了一家1500万英镑的大卖场。
Word Origin1970s: translation of French hypermarché, from hyper- ‘beyond, exceeding’ + marché ‘market’.