shop

shop
noun

a building or part of a building where goods or services are sold
商店；店铺
a video shop.
一家音响店。
a barber's shop.
理发店。
■[in sing.](informal)an act of going shopping
(非正式)购物
she slogged her way round the supermarket doing the weekly shop.
她步履艰难地在超市逛，进行每周一回的采购。
[usu. with modifier]a place where things are manufactured or repaired; a workshop
车间；工场；作坊
an auto repair shop.
一个汽车修理场。
■a room or department in a factory where a particular stage of production is carried out
生产车间
the machine shop.
机器生产车间。
■(informal)the place where one works
(非正式)工作室；办公室
she pointed to the classroom ceiling—‘I live here, over the shop.’.
她指着教室的天花板——“我住在这儿，工作室的上方。”。

(shopped, shopping)

[no obj.]go to a shop or shops to buy goods
购物，采购
she shopped for groceries twice a week.
她一周两次去购买杂货。
■(shop around)look for the best available price or rate for something
逐店选购
they shopped around for cheaper food.
他们逐店选购便宜食品。
■(N. Amer.). short for window-shop
(北美)。 window-shop的简称
[with obj.](informal, chiefly Brit. )inform on (someone)
(非正式，主英 )告发（某人）
she shopped her husband to bosses for taking tools home.
她向老板告发她丈夫，说他把工具带回家。

常用词组
all over the shop

见 all

set up shop

establish oneself in a business
开店；开业
he set up shop as a hairdresser in Soho.
他在梭霍区开了一家理发店。

talk shop

discuss matters concerning one's work, especially at a social occasion when this is inappropriate
（尤指不恰当的在社会场合）谈论自己的工作；三句话不离本行

shopless
adjective
shoppy
adjective
语源

Middle English: shortening of Old French eschoppe 'lean-to booth', of West Germanic origin; related to German Schopf 'porch' and English dialect shippon 'cattle shed'. The verb is first recorded (mid 16th cent.) in the sense 'imprison' (from an obsolete slang use of the noun for 'prison'), hence sense 2

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