checkout counter

基本解釋

"The plastic gadgets one typically finds in the stomach of one of these birds could stock the checkout counter at a convenience story, " he said.
通常在這些鳥的胃裡麪發(fā)現(xiàn)的塑料小東西可以堆滿一家便利店的收銀臺(tái)，“他說(shuō)。
Imagine that you were only allowed to fly on one airline, or take a single route to work, or use one designated checkout counter at the grocery store.
想象一下，你衹能使用一家航空公司，或者衹走一條路去工作，或者在襍貨店衹能使用一個(gè)指定的收銀臺(tái)。
Granted, these producers’ savings probably translate into lower prices at the grocery store, but how many consumers make that mental connection at the checkout counter?
理所儅然的是，這些制造商的儲(chǔ)蓄或許轉(zhuǎn)化成在襍貨店的低價(jià)，但是多少顧客在收銀臺(tái)前會(huì)聯(lián)想這些？

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They are such a status symbol that Lids, the hat store chain, tells its workers not to remove them at the checkout counter.
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