无论是在中国还是英美,都有各式各样的商铺。这回我们就来学习一下各种店铺用英语怎么说。
1.
shop
: a building or place where
things are sold
商店
备注:英式英语中常用
''shop''
,美式英语中常用
''
store
''
例:
a garment shop
(衣服店)
She's gone to the shops to get some milk.
(她去店里买牛奶。)
Our local store has sold out of sugar for jam-making.
(附近店里做酱用的糖都卖光了。)
(一)超市、大型店、商场、百货
2.
supermarket
: a large shop that
sells a wide range of things, especially food, cleaning materials, and other
things that people buy regularly
超市
备注:美式英语中常用
''
grocery store
''
例:
a supermarket chain
(连锁超市)
supermarket coupons
(超市优惠券)
They plan to open a new supermarket next
year.
(他们计划明年开家超市。)
Supermarkets have cut down the number of
plastic bags they distribute by 50%.
(超市已将塑料袋使用量减少了一半。)
Can you get pine nuts from the grocery
store?
(你能去超市买点松子回来吗?)
I made a quick trip to the grocery store.
(我匆匆去超市买了点东西。)
You make me go grocery shopping.
(你让我去超市买东西。)
3.
superstore
: a very large shop
that sells a large variety of goods
大型商店
备注:
superstore=megastore
,请注意
''superstore''
和
''supermarket''
的区别
例:
an electronics superstore
(大型电子商店)
Out-of-town superstores have taken business
away from shops in the city center.
(远郊的大型商店把市中心商店的生意都抢走了。)
4.
mall
: a large area where there
are a lot of shops, especially a large building
商场
例:
A new restaurant has opened at the mall.
(商场里开了家新餐厅。)
We used to hang around together at the
mall.
(过去,我们常常一起逛商场。)
5.
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
百货
例:
He went around all the big department
stores on Oxford Street.
(牛津街所有百货商店他都逛遍了。)
(二)便利店、小店
6.
convenience store
: a shop in your
local area that sells food, alcohol, magazines etc. and is often open 24 hours
a day
便利店
备注:这个词常见于美式英语中。
例:
Believe me, if his father wasn't so rich,
that guy would be working in a convenience store.
(相信我吧,如果那小子他爸不是这么有钱,他可能就得在便利店打工了。)
7.
corner shop
: a small local shop,
usually on the corner of a street, that sells food, newspapers, cigarettes etc.
小卖店,小型商店
备注:英式英语中常用
''corner
shop''
,美式英语中常用
''
corner store
''
例:
The corner shop's started selling
sandwiches now, and I'd rather go there than the supermarket.
(街角小店也开始卖三明治了,比起去超市买三明治,我更愿意就去那儿买。)
His parents ran a little corner store in
the Castro in San Francisco.
(他爸妈在旧金山的卡斯特罗市开了家小杂货店。)
8.
kiosk
: a very small shop on a
street, that has an open window where you can buy newspapers, cigarettes,
chocolate etc.
售卖亭
例:
There must be a kiosk selling phone cards
around here somewhere.
(附近肯定有卖电话卡的小店。)
9.
boutique
: a small shop that sells
fashionable clothes or other usually expensive things
服饰店,小型奢侈品商店
例:
a little boutique which specializes in bath
products
(专门卖高档洗浴用品的小店)
补充:
boutique
hotel
: a small expensive hotel, decorated in a
fashionable way
精品酒店
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