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设了一家价值1500万英镑的大型超市。
Word Origin1970s: translation of French hypermarché, from hyper- ‘beyond, exceeding’ + marché ‘market’.