shop‧ping S2 W3 / ʃɒpɪŋ $ ʃɑ- / 名词 [不可数名词]

1 the activity of going to shops and buying things :

Late-night shopping is becoming very popular.

shopping expedition/trip

She’s gone on a shopping trip to New York.

I went on a shopping spree (= went shopping and bought a lot of things ) at the weekend and spent far too much money.

I’ve got to do some last-minute shopping.

the busy Christmas shopping season → window-shopping

2 do the shopping to go shopping to buy food and other things you need regularly :

I hate doing the shopping at weekends.

3 British English the things that you have just bought from a shop :

Can you help me carry the shopping, please?

COLLOCATIONS

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go shopping She skipped lunch in order to go shopping.

do some/the/your shopping I thought you wanted to do some shopping.

NOUN + shopping

Christmas shopping So you’ve done all your Christmas shopping, have you?

grocery shopping She even enjoys grocery shopping.

home shopping (= buying things at home, for example from a catalogue )

shopping + NOUN

a shopping expedition/trip His shopping trip with Uncle Billy had been a thorough success.

a shopping spree (= when you buy a lot of things ) He admits to going on a shopping spree with someone else’s credit card.

a shopping list (= a list of what you need to buy, especially of food ) Always take a shopping list so you are not tempted to buy things you do not need.