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shop assistant

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈshop asˌsistant ●●○ noun [countable] British English  WORKERSELLsomeone whose job is to help customers in a shop 售货员,店员 SYN American English sales clerk
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shop assistantBut then she was no longer classed as a shop assistant, Mrs Miller had made that quite plain.He is understood to have approached the youths about an alleged assault in which a shop assistant was hurt.I called over the smart and snooty shop assistant to ask why such a pricey outfit sported such ` crinkles'.The shop assistant laughed with him and gave him his money back.The shop assistant, staring idly through his shop-window, saw the school bus approaching its stop, through almost blinding rain.
ˈshop asˌsistant nounChineseSyllable
Corpus is job customers to whose someone in help


shop assistant
ˈshop asˌsistant noun [countable] British English
someone whose job is to help customers in a shop
   SYN  sales clerk American English


shop assistantBrE /ˈʃɒp əsɪstənt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈʃɑːp əsɪstənt/ 🔊 (also as·sist·ant) (both BrE) (NAmE ˈsales clerk, clerk) nouna person whose job is to serve customers in a shop/store 店员;售货员