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an emporium of [noun]
用 of 引出所经销的商品类别，体现“大型专业商场”的含义。
The store is an emporium of fine furniture.
这家店是精品家具商场。
大型商店；大百货商店
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
大型商店；大百货商店
a large retail store divided into departments selling many different kinds of goods, often part of a chain
The store is an emporium of fine furniture.
这家店是精品家具商场。
作为主要贸易中心的城市或地区；也指城市内进行商业和贸易的场所；市场。
A city or region which is a major trading centre; also, a place within a city for commerce and trading; a marketplace.
大型零售商店,分为多个部门,提供各种商品；通常是零售连锁的一部分
a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain
提供各类商品出售的商店；百货商店；(与描述性词语连用)专营某类商品的商店。
A shop that offers a wide variety of goods for sale; a department store; (with a descriptive word) a shop specializing in particular goods.
The emporium on the corner sells everything from clothes to kitchenware.
街角那家大百货商场从衣服到厨具什么都卖。
We spent the whole afternoon looking around the emporium.
我们花了整个下午在那家大商场里逛。
She found a beautiful vase at the old emporium downtown.
她在市中心那家老百货商场发现了一只漂亮的花瓶。
用 of 引出所经销的商品类别，体现“大型专业商场”的含义。
The store is an emporium of fine furniture.
这家店是精品家具商场。
emporium 常作 visit、open、enter 等动词的宾语。
They visited an emporium in the city center.
他们参观了市中心的一家大商场。
形容词修饰 emporium 时多表示规模或档次，如 splendid、vast。
It is a splendid emporium with many floors.
那是一座有许多楼层的气派商场。
Not this
I bought it at emporium.
Use this
I bought it at an emporium.
emporium 是可数名词，单数形式前必须有冠词（a/an/the）。中文没有冠词，学习者容易遗漏。
Not this
We visited a emporium.
Use this
We visited an emporium.
emporium 以元音音素 /ɛ/ 开头，所以不定冠词用 an 而不是 a。
Not this
There are several emporias in the city.
Use this
There are several emporia in the city.
emporium 的复数形式是 emporia（或 emporiums）。emporia 本身已是复数，不能再加 -s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
大型购物商场
The new shopping emporium attracts thousands of visitors every weekend.
这家新的大型购物商场每周吸引成千上万的游客。
宏伟的百货大楼
The grand emporium on the corner has been a landmark for decades.
拐角处那座宏伟的百货大楼几十年来一直是地标。
时尚商场
She bought her evening dress at a famous fashion emporium.
她在一家著名的时尚商场买了晚礼服。
零售大卖场
The company opened its largest retail emporium in the city center.
该公司在市中心开设了最大的零售大卖场。
维多利亚风格的大商场
The museum is housed in a beautifully restored Victorian emporium.
这家博物馆设在一座经过精美修复的维多利亚风格大商场里。
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emporium 前半像 empire（帝国），联想“帝国级气派的大百货商场”，记住它指大型商场。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式书面语、商店名称、历史语境 emporium 比较正式，多用于正式的书面描述、历史语境或商店名称中；日常口语中通常用 store 或 shop 更自然。
复数形式为 emporia 或 emporiums。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.