A superstore is a very big shop. It comes in two kinds.

A superstore量販店is是a very big shop一間非常大的店。It comes in它可以分成two kinds兩種。

One sells almost everything — food, clothes, electronics, garden things — all under one roof, usually out of the town centre with a large car park. The other sells only one kind of thing, but in enormous quantity and choice: a pet superstore, a computer superstore, a toy superstore.

One一種sells almost everything賣的東西幾乎什麼都有——food, clothes, electronics, garden things食物、衣服、電器、園藝用品——all under one roof通通在同一個屋簷下，usually out of the town centre通常開在市中心外面，with a large car park還附有很大的停車場。The other另一種sells only one kind of thing只賣一種東西，but in enormous quantity and choice但數量和選擇多到驚人：a pet superstore寵物量販店、a computer superstore電腦量販店、a toy superstore玩具量販店。

Either way the point of the word is size, and behind size, low prices and lots of choice.

Either way不管哪一種，the point of the word這個字的重點is size就是「大」，and behind size而「大」的背後low prices and lots of choice就是低價和很多選擇。

It is more a British word than an American one; Americans are more likely to say 'superstore' for the everything-under-one-roof kind and often just name the chain. In Taiwan the closest everyday thing is a 量販店 like Costco or Carrefour.

It is它算是more a British word than an American one比較英式而非美式的說法；Americans美國人are more likely to say比較會用'superstore' for the everything-under-one-roof kind「superstore」來稱呼那種什麼都有的店，and often just name the chain不過通常直接講連鎖店的名字。In Taiwan在台灣，the closest everyday thing最接近的日常說法is a 量販店就是「量販店」，like Costco or Carrefour像好市多或家樂福那種。

There is a quiet story inside the word too: superstores are what people blame when the small shops on the old high street close down, so in newspapers it often appears with a slightly sad or angry flavour.

There is also有a quiet story inside the word too這個字背後也藏著一個小故事：when the small shops on the old high street close down當老街上的小店一間間關掉的時候，superstores量販店are what people blame常常被怪罪，so in newspapers所以在報紙上，it often appears with a slightly sad or angry flavour這個字常常帶著點哀傷或憤怒的味道出現。