shop 1 S1 W1 / ʃɒp $ ʃɑp / 名词

1 place where you buy things [可数名词] especially British English a building or part of a building where you can buy things, food, or services 同义词 store American English

toy/pet/shoe/gift etc shop

Her brother runs a record shop in Chester.

a barber’s shop

a fish-and-chip shop

the local shops

Shirley saw her reflection in the shop window.

in the shops

New potatoes are in the shops now.

I’m just going down to the shops .

wander/browse around the shops

I spent a happy afternoon wandering around the shops. → bucket shop , corner shop , coffee shop

2 place that makes/repairs things [可数名词] a place where something is made or repaired :

The generators are put together in the machine shop .

a bicycle repair shop → shop floor , shop steward

3 school subject ( also shop class ) [不可数名词] American English a subject taught in schools that shows students how to use tools and machinery to make or repair things

in shop

Doug made this table in shop.

wood/metal/print etc shop

One auto shop class is run just for girls.

4 set up shop informal to start a business

5 shut up shop British English , close up shop American English informal to close a shop or business, either temporarily or permanently

6 talk shop informal to talk about things that are related to your work, especially in a way that other people find boring :

I’m fed up with you two talking shop. → shop talk

7 all over the shop British English spoken

a) scattered around untidily :

There were bits of paper all over the shop.

b) confused and disorganized :

I’m all over the shop this morning.

8 go shopping [单数形式] British English spoken an occasion when you go shopping, especially for food and other things you need regularly :

She always does the weekly shop on a Friday.

THESAURUS

shop especially British English , store especially American English a building or place where things are sold : She’s gone to the shops to get some milk. | a clothes shop | Our local store has sold out of sugar for making jam.

boutique a small shop that sells fashionable clothes or other objects : a little boutique which specializes in bath products.

superstore British English a very large shop, especially one that is built outside the centre of a city : Out -of-town superstores have taken business away from shops in the city centre.

department store a very large shop that is divided into several big parts, each of which sells one type of thing, such as clothes, furniture, or kitchen equipment : He went around all the big department stores in Oxford Street.

supermarket ( also grocery store American English ) a very large shop that sells food, drinks, and things that people need regularly in their homes : Supermarkets have cut down the number of plastic bags they distribute by 50%.

salon a shop where you can get your hair washed, cut curled etc

garden centre British English , nursery especially American English a place that sells a wide range of plants, seeds, and things for your garden : Your local garden centre can advise you on which plants to grow.

outlet formal a shop that sells things for less than the usual price, especially things from a particular company or things of a particular type : The book is available from most retail outlets.

market an area, usually outdoors, where people buy and sell many different types of things : I usually buy our vegetables at the market – they’re much cheaper there.

mall especially American English a large area where there are a lot of shops, especially a large building : A new restaurant has opened at the mall. | We used to hang around together at the mall.

strip mall American English a row of shops built together, with a large area for parking cars in front of it : Strip malls can seem rather impersonal.