English Dictionary

bargain basement

名詞

限定用法 慣用表現

An area within a retail store, especially an area located below ground level, where the least costly merchandise can be found. / (attributively, often hyphenated) Inexpensive.

日本語の意味

店舗内で、特に地下などに配置され、最も安価な商品が販売される区域。 / （形容詞的用法で）安価な、格安のものを示す

I found a vintage coat in the bargain basement, among racks of deeply discounted winter wear.

私は地下のクリアランスコーナーで、値引きされた冬物のラックの中からヴィンテージのコートを見つけました。

意味（1）

An area within a retail store, especially an area located below ground level, where the least costly merchandise can be found.

Where will I find an aluminum cooking pot? growled the elder Beagle unexpectedly. In the Bargain Basement, said Gissing promptly.

意味（2）

(attributively, often hyphenated) Inexpensive.

The Soviet Union is offering to send commercial satellites into orbit at bargain-basement prices.

意味（3）

(idiomatic, attributively, often hyphenated) Of poor quality; of little or no value; low-end, shoddy.

This nation can't afford bargain-basement cops any more, says Oregon's Multnomah County (Portland) Sheriff Donald Clark. . . . Almost everyone agrees that U.S. police sorely need more education.

bargain basements （ plural ）