a quantity or supply of something kept for use as needed 储备量,储备物;大量,丰富 the squirrel has a store of food. 那只松鼠储有大量的食物。 her vast store of knowledge. 她丰富的知识。 ■a place where things are kept for future use or sale 仓库,货栈 a grain store. 粮仓。 ■(stores)supplies of equipment and food kept for use by members of an army, navy, or other institution, or the place where they are kept (陆军、海军等机构的)贮存品,备用品,补给品;贮备库,贮藏库 ■(Brit.)a computer memory (英)(计算机的)存储器
(chiefly N. Amer.)a shop of any size or kind (主北美)商店,店铺 a health-food store. 健康食品店。 ■(Brit.)a large shop selling different types of goods (英)(卖各种不同商品的)大商店 ■(Brit.)(亦作 stores)a shop selling basic necessities (英)百货商店 a well-stocked village store. 一个货源充足的乡村百货商店。
a sheep, steer, cow, or pig acquired or kept for fattening 待育肥的小羊(或小公牛、小母牛、小猪)
verb
[with obj.]keep or accumulate (something) for future use 贮备,储藏,储存 a small room used for storing furniture. 用来存放家具的小房间。 the scheme could store up serious future problems. 那个计划会给将来积聚严重的问题。 ■retain or enter (information) for future electronic retrieval 储存(信息) the data is stored on disk. 数据储存在磁盘上。 ■(be stored with)have a supply of (something useful) 存有,装有(有用的东西) a mind well stored with esoteric knowledge. 装满深奥学问的头脑。
常用词组 in store
in a safe place while not being used or displayed 储藏着;准备着 items held in store. 储藏的物品。
coming in the future; about to happen 将要发生,即将发生 he did not yet know what lay in store for him. 他还不知道自己会遇到什么事。
set (或 lay, put) store by (或 on)
consider (something) to be of a particular degree of importance or value 重视;尊重 many people set much store by privacy. 许多人非常重视个人隐私。
派生 storable adjective storer noun 语源
Middle English: shortening of Old French estore (noun), estorer (verb), from Latin instaurare 'renew'; compare with restore