Word · Frequency #10156
showroom
/ˈʃoʊˌrʊm/
verb
实体店看货后网购；展厅式购物
To look at a product in a physical store and then buy it online, using the store as a showroom.
- 1.
To inspect merchandise in a physical store, then purchase the identical product from an online merchant; to use a physical store as a showroom for an online merchant.
在实体店检查商品,然后从在线商家购买相同产品；将实体店用作在线商家的展示厅
在实体店检查商品,然后从在线商家购买相同产品；将实体店用作在线商家的展示厅
In use
Many people now showroom cameras and laptops, testing them in physical stores before ordering them online for a lower price.
She showroomed a leather jacket at the mall yesterday, then bought the same jacket from an online store that night.
I saw a customer showrooming a smartwatch in the electronics store; she tried it out, then ordered the same model from an online shop on her phone.
Verb forms
base showroom · third person showrooms · -ing showrooming · past showroomed · past participle showroomed
showroom 作动词时是规则变化，表示‘在实体店看货后从网上购买’。
Connections
Word family
- showrooms
- plural, third person singular
- showroomed
- past, past participle
- showrooming
- present participle
Learner notes
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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