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greengrocer

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Occupations, Trade
green·gro·cer /ˈɡriːnˌɡrəʊsə $ -ˌɡroʊsər/ noun [countable] especially British English  1. BOBBTSHOP/STOREsomeone who owns or works in a shop selling fruit and vegetables 蔬菜水果商2. greengrocer’s TBBSHOP/STOREa greengrocer’s shop 蔬菜水果店
Examples from the Corpus
greengrocerThey could have been greengrocers, insurance salesmen, buggy repairmen, schoolteachers, congressmen or even preachers as much as criminals.Some fifty yards up the road beyond the greengrocers were two houses having front doorsteps about three feet above street level.The shops were still open: the butcher, the greengrocer, the fishing-tackle shop.First, there was the three magazine from the greengrocers.Not since they found the top half of the greengrocer.
green·gro·cer nounChineseSyllable
selling a owns or works who in shop someone Corpus


greengrocer
greengrocer /ˈɡriːnˌɡrəʊsə $ -ˌɡroʊsər/ noun [countable] especially British English
1. someone who owns or works in a shop selling fruit and vegetables
2. greengrocer’s a greengrocer’s shop


green·gro·cerBrE /ˈɡriːnɡrəʊsə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡriːnɡroʊsər/ 🔊 noun (especially BrE) a person who owns, manages or works in a shop/store selling fruit and vegetables 果菜商   compare fruiterer green·gro·cer's (
plural
green·gro·cers
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a shop/store that sells fruit and vegetables 蔬菜水果店

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