The pronunciation is /'riːteɪl/ for meanings 1 to 3, and /riː'teɪl/ for meaning 4. 义项1到3读作/'riːteɪl/。义项4读作/riː'teɪl/。
1
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]零售;零卖 Retail is the activity of selling goods direct to the public, usually in small quantities.
...retail stores...
零售店
Retail sales grew just 3.8 percent last year.
去年零售额只上升了3.8%。
2
[ADV 副词]以零售方式 If something is sold
retail, it is sold in ordinary shops direct to the public.
[ADV after v]
[BUSINESS 商]
3
[VERB 动词](以…价格)零售,零卖 If an item in a shop
retails at or
for a particular price, it is on sale at that price.
[V at/for n]
[BUSINESS 商]
It originally retailed at £23.50.
它原来的零售价格是23.50英镑。
4
[VERB 动词]See also:retailing
;
(热情而详细地)讲述;详述 If someone
retails a story or event, they tell it to someone else, often in detail and in an exciting way.
Mr Hastings gleefully retailed the story to Mr Anderson over lunch.
黑斯廷斯先生在午宴上兴致勃勃地把这个故事向安德森先生详述了一遍。