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Word family  noun shop shopper shopping verb shop

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ldoce_749_zshop1 /ʃɒp $ ʃɑːp/ ●●● S1 W1 noun  1  place where you buy things 购物的地方 [countable] especially British EnglishSHOP/STORE a building or part of a building where you can buy things, food, or services 商店 SYN American English storetoy/pet/shoe/gift etc shop Her brother runs a record shop in Chester. 她弟弟在切斯特开了一家唱片店。 a barber’s shop 理发店 a fish-and-chip shop 炸鱼薯条店 the local shops 当地的商店 Shirley saw her reflection in the shop window. 雪莉在商店橱窗里看到了自己的影像。in the shops New potatoes are in the shops now. 新马铃薯现已在店里出售了。 I’m just going down to the shops. 我正要去商店。wander/browse around the shops I spent a happy afternoon wandering around the shops. 我一个下午都在开心地逛商店。 → bucket shop, corner shop, coffee shop2  place that makes/repairs things 制作/修理东西的地方 [countable]TIF a place where something is made or repaired 工场；作坊；车间 The generators are put together in the machine shop. 发电机在金工车间装配。 a bicycle repair shop 自行车修理店 → shop floor, shop steward3  school subject 学校科目 (also shop class) [uncountable] American EnglishSES a subject taught in schools that shows students how to use tools and machinery to make or repair things 工艺课，手艺课〔学校开设的教学生使用工具和机器制作或修理东西的课〕in shop Doug made this table in shop. 道格在手艺课上做了这张桌子。wood/metal/print etc shop One auto shop class is run just for girls. 有一个修车班是专门为女生开的。4. set up shop informalBBSTART DOING something to start a business 开业5. shut up shop British English, close up shop American English informalBBSTOP DOING something to close a shop or business, either temporarily or permanently 〔暂时或永久地〕停止营业，关店6  talk shop informalTALK TO somebody to talk about things that are related to your work, especially in a way that other people find boring 谈论自己的工作〔尤指别人觉得厌烦〕 I’m fed up with you two talking shop. 你们两个人老谈工作，我都听腻了。 → shop talk7  all over the shop British English spoken a) EVERYWHEREscattered around untidily 胡乱放置，到处散置 There were bits of paper all over the shop. 小纸片撒得到处都是。 b) CONFUSEDconfused and disorganized 混乱的，杂乱无章的 I’m all over the shop this morning. 我今天早上真是乱得一团糟。8  go shopping 去购物 [singular] British English spokenBUY an occasion when you go shopping, especially for food and other things you need regularly 买东西，购物〔尤指买食品或日常必需品〕 She always does the weekly shop on a Friday. 她总是在星期五进行每周一次的采购。n THESAURUSshop especially British English, store especially American English a building or place where things are soldShe's gone to the shops to get some milk.a clothes shopOur local store has sold out of sugar for making jam.boutique a small shop that sells fashionable clothes or other objectsa little boutique which specializes in bath products.superstore British English a very large shop, especially one that is built outside the centre of a cityOut-of-town superstores have taken business away from shops in the city centre.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 equipmentHe went around all the big department stores in Oxford Street.supermarket (also grocery store American English) a very large shop that sells food, drinks, and things that people need regularly in their homesSupermarkets have cut down the number of plastic bags they distribute by 50%.salon a shop where you can get your hair washed, cut curled etcgarden centre British English, nursery especially American English a place that sells a wide range of plants, seeds, and things for your gardenYour local garden centre can advise you on which plants to grow.outlet formal a shop that sells things for less than the usual price, especially things from a particular company or things of a particular typeThe book is available from most retail outlets.market an area, usually outdoors, where people buy and sell many different types of thingsI usually buy our vegetables at the market – they're much cheaper there.mall especially American English a large area where there are a lot of shops, especially a large buildingA new restaurant has opened at the mall. We used to hang around together at the mall.strip mall American English a row of shops built together, with a large area for parking cars in front of itStrip malls can seem rather impersonal.5 FREQUENCY 使用频率

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shop• a card shop• Surplus radio and electronics shops are another source.• a new health food shop• I got it from the secondhand furniture shop.• After assembly, the cars go to the paint shop to be painted.• Packets are available at gyms, athletic stores and pet shops throughout Tucson, or by calling 647-7572.• I asked in my local record shop but they couldn't help me.• Record shops had replaced the local cobbler, and Dolcis had given way to Mary Quant.• The smith's shop where my father worked was reached through a doorway at the right of the carpenter's shop.• Doyle was looking at the shop which sold oriental bits and pieces.• Of course, we also provide practical project management training from the shop floor up.• Our car's still in the shop.• Could you run down to the shop and get me some cigarettes?• Shopkeepers and their families were seldom seen outside their shops.• All that thrives are thrift shops.toy/pet/shoe/gift etc shop• Picnic areas, nine indoor areas including new reptile house, farm amusements and gift shop, tea rooms and tea gardens.• Packets are available at gyms, athletic stores and pet shops throughout Tucson, or by calling 647-7572.• Look out for simple badge-making kits for around £3 in most good toy shops and create your own designs.• Springer says the exhibition area will not include a museum, theater or gift shop.• But the gift shop is the real reason to stop, with all sorts of condiments, spices and cookbooks for sale.• It also sells Lacandon crafts in the gift shop, and uses the proceeds to support its work in the jungle.• The shoe shop next door is bought out by a firm of metal welders.• The toy shop was one huge playroom where everything was owned in common.machine shop• At the time, George Jennings was running a machine shop.• The steam hammers, the clattering machine shop, the rolling mills and open hearth furnaces are gone.• But give labor anything it wants, even a lousy ten-man machine shop, and every drop of it is blood.• Soon the machine shop was running on two shifts, day and night.• But the quickest way to the foundry is through the machine shop, especially in this weather.• The machine shop left hundreds of thousands of men with shared memories: The whirring and flapping of the belts.• The machine shop was an enormous shed with machines and work benches laid out in a grid pattern.• It was the elder Gough who founded the Marin Weightlifting Club and relocated it to the vacant machine shop in 1990.in shop• Doug made this table in shop.

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shop2 ●●● S2 verb (shopped, shopping)  1  [intransitive]BUY to go to one or more shops to buy things 去买东西[购物]shop for I usually shop for vegetables in the market. 我一般都在市场上买蔬菜。shop at She always shops at Tesco’s. 她总是在乐购购物。 → window-shopping2  go shopping  (also be out shopping) to go to one or more shops to buy things, often for enjoyment 逛街，购物 The next day, Saturday, we went shopping. 第二天是星期六，我们去逛商店了。 Mum’s out shopping with Granny. 妈妈和奶奶去购物了。3  [transitive] British English informalSCTELL A SECRET to tell the police about someone who has done something illegal 向〔警方〕告发，揭发 He was shopped by his ex-wife. 他被前妻告发。4 shop around phrasal verb BUYCHOOSEto compare the price and quality of different things before you decide which to buy 货比三家而后买，逐店比较地选购 for Take time to shop around for the best deal. 花点时间多逛几家商店，要买最合算的。→ See Verb table

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shop• Take time to shop around; get to know your local wine merchant or investigate your local supermarket.• I usually shop at Safeway. It's just around the corner from my house.• When she moved here, she had never shopped in a supermarket before.• If you are shopping, stop outside the shop and go over the rules and consequences.• I cleaned the house, shopped, washed and cooked.shop for• I was shopping for a new dress but couldn't find anything I liked.• And where shopping for art could be an Olympic event.• Years ago, he said, he shopped for clothing at thrifts.• And if she was staying she had to go shopping for groceries.• No states currently allow homeowners or businesses to shop for power from the cheapest source.• Anyway, I looked round the shops for some.• Other men scour the shops for the latest looks and hunt down designer bargains.• There were special stores and barber shops and tailor shops for the people of the project.• To make shopping for wine as easy as drinking it, we've listed the bottles by retail outlet.From Longman Business Dictionaryshopshop1 /ʃɒpʃɑːp/ noun [countable]1British EnglishCOMMERCE a building or part of a building where goods are sold to the publicSYN AmE storeThe shops close at 5.30.a clothes shop → bucket shop → co-operative shop → corner shop → factory shop → mobile shop2MANUFACTURING a place where things are made or repaireda repair shop → job shop → machine shop → paint shop3set up shop informalCOMMERCE to start a businessFirms can get grants to set up shop in the area.4talk shop to talk about things that are connected to your work, especially in a way that other people find boringa group of salespeople talking shop → see also closed shopshopshop2 verb (shopped, shopping) [intransitive]COMMERCE1to go to one or more shops to buy thingsshop forShe went down town to shop for groceries.shop atAlmost two-thirds of Americans shop at a convenience store at least once a week.2go shopping to go to one or more shops to buy things, usually clothes, for enjoymentYoung kids don’t have the money, but they go shopping with Mom. → shop around→ See Verb tableOrigin shop1 Old English sceoppa “stall”

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shop¹ S1 W1 /ʃɒp $ ʃɑːp/ noun1.  PLACE WHERE YOU BUY THINGS  [countable] especially British English a building or part of a building where you can buy things, food, or services
   SYN  store American English
    toy/pet/shoe/gift etc shop
    Her brother runs a record shop in Chester.
    a barber’s shop
    a fish-and-chip shop
    the local shops
    Shirley saw her reflection in the shop window.
    in the shops
    New potatoes are in the shops now.
    I’m just going down to the shops.
    wander/browse around the shops
    I spent a happy afternoon wandering around the shops. ⇨ bucket shop, corner shop, coffee shop
2.  PLACE THAT MAKES/REPAIRS THINGS  [countable] a place where something is made or repaired:
    The generators are put together in the machine shop.
    a bicycle repair shop ⇨ shop floor, shop steward
3.  SCHOOL SUBJECT (also shop class) [uncountable] American English a subject taught in schools that shows students how to use tools and machinery to make or repair things
    in shop
    Doug made this table in shop.
    wood/metal/print etc shop
    One auto shop class is run just for girls.
4. set up shop informal to start a business
5. shut up shop British English, close up shop American English informal to close a shop or business, either temporarily or permanently
6. talk shop informal to talk about things that are related to your work, especially in a way that other people find boring:
    I’m fed up with you two talking shop. ⇨ shop talk
7. all over the shop British English spoken
  a. scattered around untidily:
    There were bits of paper all over the shop.
  b. confused and disorganized:
    I’m all over the shop this morning.
8.  GO SHOPPING  [singular] British English spoken an occasion when you go shopping, especially for food and other things you need regularly:
    She always does the weekly shop on a Friday.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ shop especially British English, store especially American English a building or place where things are sold: She's gone to the shops to get some milk. | a clothes shop | Our local store has sold out of sugar for making jam.
   ▪ boutique a small shop that sells fashionable clothes or other objects: a little boutique which specializes in bath products.
   ▪ superstore British English a very large shop, especially one that is built outside the centre of a city: Out -of-town superstores have taken business away from shops in the city centre.
   ▪ 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: He went around all the big department stores in Oxford Street.
   ▪ supermarket (also grocery store American English) a very large shop that sells food, drinks, and things that people need regularly in their homes: Supermarkets have cut down the number of plastic bags they distribute by 50%.
   ▪ salon a shop where you can get your hair washed, cut curled etc
   ▪ garden centre British English, nursery especially American English a place that sells a wide range of plants, seeds, and things for your garden: Your local garden centre can advise you on which plants to grow.
   ▪ outlet formal a shop that sells things for less than the usual price, especially things from a particular company or things of a particular type: The book is available from most retail outlets.
   ▪ market an area, usually outdoors, where people buy and sell many different types of things: I usually buy our vegetables at the market – they're much cheaper there.
   ▪ mall especially American English a large area where there are a lot of shops, especially a large building: A new restaurant has opened at the mall. | We used to hang around together at the mall.
   ▪ strip mall American English a row of shops built together, with a large area for parking cars in front of it: Strip malls can seem rather impersonal.

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shop² verb (past tense and past participle shopped, present participle shopping)1. [intransitive] to go to one or more shops to buy things
    shop for
    I usually shop for vegetables in the market.
    shop at
    She always shops at Tesco’s. ⇨ window-shopping
2. go shopping (also be out shopping) to go to one or more shops to buy things, often for enjoyment:
    The next day, Saturday, we went shopping.
    Mum’s out shopping with Granny.
3. [transitive] British English informal to tell the police about someone who has done something illegal:
    He was shopped by his ex-wife.
     
shop around phrasal verb
  to compare the price and quality of different things before you decide which to buy
    shop around for
    Take time to shop around for the best deal.