They spent the afternoon shopping at the mall. the pedestrian traffic through the grassy mall is heaviest during the summer lunch hours
Recent Examples on the WebPolice responded to the mall for a report of a man exposing himself to customers in the parking lot. Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2022 Firefighters were called to the mall around 2:30 p.m. after multiple people started feeling sick, the fire department said in a statement. Rosana Hughes, ajc, 8 Aug. 2022 Gone are the drives to the mall to walk around or cool off. Natasha Chen, CNN, 28 July 2022 Officers went to the mall at about 6 p.m. for reports of the shooting.CBS News, 17 July 2022 Officers who work out of this location will increase visibility, along with serving as a deterrent to those who go to the mall for purposes other than dining and shopping.cleveland, 15 July 2022 There are two units of art for the exhibit — a large and a small one — and while the large unit was initially brought to the mall, not all of the pieces would have been able to fit in the space permitted by the ceiling height. Griffin Wiles, The Indianapolis Star, 8 July 2022 Russia claimed its missiles struck a weapons cache, causing a fire that then spread to the mall, but Ukrainian and independent sources have produced evidence contradicting this narrative. Grayson Quay, The Week, 2 July 2022 No police officers were injured in the incident, and police say that there's no threat to the mall. Adam Sabes, Fox News, 1 July 2022 See More
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Etymology
short for obsolete pall-mall mallet used in pall-mall
(especially NAmE) ADJECTIVE | VERB + MALL | MALL + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤shopping購物中心➤strip (NAmE) (位於商業街的)小型購物中心➤outlet品牌特價購物中心➤suburban郊區商城➤local, regional當地/地區購物中心➤indoor, outdoor室內/露天商城➤pedestrian (NAmE) 商業步行街➤crowded擁擠的商城➤big, giant, huge, large大型商廈;巨型購物中心➤virtual虛擬商城◇The website is a virtual shopping mall.這個網站是一家虛擬商城。VERB + MALL➤hit, visit去逛商城◇They hit the mall for a wild shopping spree.他們去商城瘋狂購物。➤hang out at在商城閒逛◇teenagers hanging out at the mall在商城閒逛的青少年➤enter, leave進入/離開商城➤build興建購物中心MALL + NOUN➤store購物中心的商店➤parking lot (NAmE) 商城停車場➤food court商城美食區➤rat (= a young person who spends a lot of time in malls with their friends) (NAmE, informal) 愛逛商城的年輕人➤security, security guard商城安保部門/保安◇They reported him to mall security.他們向商城安保部門舉報了他。PREPOSITION➤at the mall在商城◇They spend a lot of time at the mall.他們花很多時間逛商場。