shop
n
1 (US store) building or room where goods or services are sold to the public 商店; 店
a butcher's, chemist's, etc shop 肉店、 藥房
a sweet-shop 糖果店 * a bookshop 書店 * serve in a shop 當店員.
2 (also `workshop) (esp in compounds 尤用以構成復合詞) place where things are manufactured or repaired 工廠; 車間
an engineering shop 機械加工車間
a machine shop 機械工廠
a paint shop, eg where cars are painted 油漆車間(如汽車噴漆車間).
3 (infml 口) place of business; institution; establishment 辦事處; (工商業)機構; 企業
I want this shop to run as smoothly as possible. 我想讓這個機構辦得盡可能順利.
4 (idm 習語) all `over the shop (sl 俚)
(a) in great disorder; scattered everywhere 紛亂; 零亂
His clothes lay all over the shop. 他衣服扔得到處都是.
(b) everywhere 各處
I've looked for it all over the shop. 我到處都找過了. a bull in a china shop => bull1. come/go to the wrong shop => wrong. keep `shop look after a shop, serve customers, etc 照管商店; 接待顧客等
Will you keep shop while I go out for lunch? 我去吃午飯, 你照看一下商店好嗎? set up `shop start a business 開店; 開業
She set up shop as a bookseller in the High Street. 她在大街開了一家書店. shut up shop => shut. talk shop =>talk2. shop v (-pp-)
1 [I, Ipr] ~ (for sth) (usu 通常作 go shopping) go to a shop or shops to buy things 去買東西; 購物
go shopping every day 每天去店 買東西
I'm shopping for Christmas presents. 我正在買圣誕禮物.
2 [Tn] (US) visit (a shop) to buy things 去(商店)買東西
shopping the stores looking for bargains 逛商店找便宜貨.
3 [Tn] (Brit sl 俚) give information about (sb), esp to the police 告發(某人)(尤指向警方)
The gang leader was shopped by one of the robbers. 有個劫匪向警方告發了匪首.
4 (phr v) shop around (for sth) (infml 口) search carefully for goods that are the best value, or for the best services, etc 仔細尋找(物美價廉的東西或最佳服務項目等)
Don't buy the first car you see
shop around a bit. 買汽車時別見到一輛就買, 多轉幾家挑一挑.
People must shop around for the best school for their children. 人們都要為子女找最好的學校. shopper n person who is shopping 到商店買東西的人
crowds of Christmas shoppers 成群的購買圣誕節物品的人. shopping n [U]
1 activity of shopping 買東西; 購物
do one's shopping 去買東西.
[attrib 作定語]
a `shopping street, ie one with many shops 商業街
a `shopping bag, basket, etc 購物袋、 籃等.
2 goods bought 買到的東西: Where did I leave my shopping? 我把買到的東西忘在哪兒了? ` shopping centre area where there are many shops 購物中心; 商業區. `shopping mall (US) area, closed to traffic and usu covered, where there are many shops (禁行車輛的)商業網點(通常有篷頂).
?? 擴展釋義
*[??p]n. 商店, 工廠, 車間vi. 購物, 到處尋找vt. 選購【化】 工作室; 交付檢修【經】 商店, 工廠, 工場相關詞組: cut the shop keep a shop keep shop set up shop shop around shut up shop sink the shop talk shop tend shop all over the shop come to the wrong shop go to the wrong shop