plural shops
plural shops
Learner's definition of SHOP
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a : a building or room where goods and services are sold商店 — see also barbershop, bookshop, coffee shop, pawnshop, pro shop, specialty shop, thrift shop Usage用法 In U.S. English, store is more common than shop. When shop is used, it is usually for particular types of small businesses that sell one kind of product or service. Store is used for both small and large businesses, especially ones that sell many kinds of goods and services. In British English store is only used for large businesses that sell many kinds of goods and services and for a few types of smaller businesses that sell equipment.在美國英語中,store比shop常用。shop通常指出售某種商品或提供某種服務的小店鋪。store既可指小店鋪也可指大商店,尤指出售多種商品或提供多種服務的商店。在英國英語中,store只指出售多種商品或提供多種服務的大商店,亦指某些出售設備的較小店鋪。 -
(US + Brit) a gift/sandwich/doughnut/flower shop禮品/三明治/甜甜圈/鮮花店
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(US + Brit) an antique shop [=(US) store]古董店
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(US + Brit) a pet/card shop [=(US, more commonly) store]寵物/賀卡店
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(Brit) a computer shop [=(US + Brit) store]電腦商店
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(Brit) a hardware shop [=(US + Brit) store]五金商店
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(Brit) The shops [=(US) stores] are always crowded around the holiday season.節假日期間商店總是很擁擠。
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(Brit) I'm going to the shops this afternoon. [=(US) I'm going shopping this afternoon; I'm going to stores to look at and buy things]今天下午我要去購物。
b : the place where a specified kind of worker works : a worker's place of business專門店鋪 3
[noncount] US : a class in school in which students are taught to work with tools and machinery工藝課 also [count] : a room in which a shop class is taught工藝課教室 4
[noncount] informal : talk that is related to or about your work or special interests : shoptalk有關工作(或公事)的談話 5
[singular] British, informal : the activity of shopping for food or other things that are needed regularly購物;采購
a bull in a china shop
— see 1bull
all over the shop
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mind the shop
— see 2mind
set up shop
: to start a business or activity in a particular place開張;開業 -
The restaurant set up shop three blocks from here.那家餐廳開在離這裏三個街區的地方。
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He moved to France, where he set up shop as a writer.他移居到了法國,並在那裏開始了寫作生涯。
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I set up shop in the living room and made phone calls all afternoon.我在客廳辦公,打了一個下午的電話。
2 shop /ˈʃɑːp/ verb
shops; shopped; shopping
shops; shopped; shopping
Learner's definition of SHOP
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: to visit places where goods are sold in order to look at and buy things購物 [no object]
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Where do you like to shop?你喜歡去哪兒購物?
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I like to shop at locally owned stores.我喜歡去本地的商店購物。
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They shopped all day. = They spent the day shopping.他們花了一整天時間購物。
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She is shopping for a new car.她在選購新車。
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He is out shopping.他出去購物了。
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Many people now shop online.現在很多人在網上購物。
[+ object]
— see also comparison shop, window-shop 2
[+ object] US : to try to get a company to publish or produce (something)試圖說服(公司出版或生産) —
often + around 3
[+ object] British, informal : to give information about the secret or criminal activity of (someone) to an authority (such as the police)告發告密
shop around
[phrasal verb]
: to visit several different places where a thing is sold in order to find the most suitable item or service for the lowest price貨比三家;逐店選購 -
She is shopping around for a new car.爲買新車,她貨比三家。
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Shop around first before you buy a car.買車之前要貨比三家。
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She is shopping around for a bank with low fees.她走了幾家銀行,想找家手續費低的。
— see also 2shop 2 (above) — shopper
/ˈʃɑːpɚ/ noun, plural shoppers [count]