premium是什么意思

【单词音标】 英[ˈpriːmiəm] 美[ˈpriːmiəm]

【单词释义】 premium是什么意思：

n.额外费用；保险费；附加费

adj.高昂的；高价的；优质的

[单词等级] 英语六级/考研词汇

[复数] premiums

【premium形近词/近似词】

gymnasium   n.健身房,体育馆

opium   n.鸦片；麻醉剂

【单词例句】

◇ When he used an icebox of his own design to transport his butter to market, he found that customers would pass up the rapidly melting stuff in the tubs of his competitors to pay a premium price for his butter, still fresh and hard in neat, one-pound bricks.
当他用自己设计的冰箱运送黄油去市场时，他发现顾客们会走过装在竞争者桶里那些迅速融化的黄油而给他比市价更高的价格买他仍然新鲜坚硬，整齐地切成一磅一块的黄油。

---- The Origin of Refrigerators