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，“他說。
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指定的收銀臺。
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，這些制造商的儲蓄或許轉(zhuǎn)化成在襍貨店的低價，但是多少顧客在收銀臺前會聯(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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