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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++store1 /stɔː $ stɔːr/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable] 1 shop 商店 a place where goods are sold to the public. In British English, a store is large and sells many different things, but in American English, a store can be large or small, and sell many things or only one type of thing. 商店，店铺 → shop At Christmas the stores stay open late. 在圣诞节期间，商店营业到很晚。shoe/clothing/grocery etc store American English (=one that sells one type of goods) 鞋店/服装店/（食品）杂货店等 She worked in a grocery store before going to college. 她读大学前在一家杂货店打工。go to the store American English (=go to a store that sells food) 去食品店 I need to go to the store for some milk. 我得去商店买些牛奶。 → chain store, department store, general store2 supply 供应PROVIDE a supply of something that you keep to use later 储备，贮存物store of a store of wood 木料储备 fat stores in the body (=that your body keeps) 体内储备的脂肪3 place to keep things 储存物品的地方SHOP/STORE a large building in which goods are kept so they can be used or sold later 仓库 a grain store 粮仓4 in store (for somebody) FUTUREif something unexpected such as a surprise or problem is in store for someone, it is about to happen to them 将要发生（在某人身上），就要出现（在某人身上） There’s a real treat in store for you this Christmas! 今年圣诞节有好事等着你呢！ As we left, I wondered what the future held in store. 我们走的时候，我不知道未来等待我们的将是什么。5 MILITARY 军事的stores [plural] a) PMsupplies of food and equipment that are used by an army, navy etc 军需品，补给品 medical stores 医疗用品 b) PMthe building or room in an army camp, ship etc where these are kept 〔军营中或轮船上等的〕补给品仓库6 set great/considerable etc store by something IMPORTANTto consider something to be important 认为某事非常重要 Patrick has never set much store by material things. 帕特里克对物质的东西向来不是很看重。
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store• The book is a store of knowledge about Dickens.• He reportedly warned of a bomb placed at an unspecified Boots store in Liverpool.• Her background is interior design, and she works as a designer at a furniture store.• Simply use a dice and counters and see what fate has in store.• We have been to the Horton Plaza store.• The boy ransacked his father's stores for old guns, shields and spears which we hung in the entrance hall.• Most SuperTarget stores employ about 500 people, -- compared with about 200 employees in traditional Target stores, Knach said.• The store, at Balloan Park in Inverness, will open on 4 March.shoe/clothing/grocery etc store• One unfortunate woman who ran a discount shoe store was oblivious to the fact she was sitting on an old school goldmine.• Next operates a chain of about 300 fashion clothing stores.• Nearby is a new little grocery store selling expensive avocados, bottled prawns and kiwi fruit.• One of the shops that's been selling Rave is the O-H-M clothing store in Gloucester.• They hid under floorboards and over grocery stores.• Half-facet ... Obispal spotted a lone purestrain Stealer lurking some way down a dismal arcade lined by shuttered clothing stores.• He went to the grocery store and bought food.store of• Granny always had a special store of chocolate for us.store2 ●●● S3 W3 verb [transitive] 1 KEEP/STOREto put things away and keep them until you need them 贮藏，贮存，积蓄store something away/up Squirrels are storing up nuts for the winter. 松鼠正在为过冬贮存坚果。 Store the beans in an airtight jar. 把豆子贮存在密封罐内。2 PUTto keep facts or information in your brain or a computer 〔在头脑或计算机中〕储存〔事实或信息〕 Standard letters can be stored on floppy discs. 标准信函可以储存在软盘内。3 store up trouble/problems etc PROBLEMto behave in a way that will cause trouble for you later 制造麻烦/难题等 Smokers may be storing up disease for their unborn children. 吸烟者可能会给自己未出生的子女带来疾病。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
store• When stock is reduced and full of flavor, strain carefully, let cool, and store.• The cards can be stored alphabetically.• What that experience demonstrates is that the teacher very rarely uses the voluminous information, which is nevertheless conscientiously stored and retained.• Instead of being distributed, the food was unloaded and stored away in a warehouse.• He only hoped the electronic equipment was safely stored away.• It is proposed that this collection should be sifted, and the contents scanned and stored electronically on optical media.• The warehouse is being used to store food and clothes for the refugees.• All of my old books are stored in boxes in the attic.• Since they are predictable, the camera moves are sometimes preprogrammed and stored in computers.• Huge amounts of information can be stored on a single CD-ROM.• Data regarding employees' salaries are stored on the computer at the main office.• How much information can you store on your hard drive?• The computer stores the information in its memory automatically.• Store the medicine in a cool place.• The government plans to store the nuclear waste at a site in Nevada.From Longman Business Dictionarystorestore1 /stɔːstɔːr/ noun [countable]COMMERCE1a large place that sells many different kinds of goods on several different floors, or goods in large quantitiesMost high street stores hold sales in January.The firm has over 800 stores in Britain.a London furniture storeHe left the company to join a US stores group.2American English a place where goods are sold to the publicSYN SHOPa liquor storea book store3a large building in which goods are stored so they can be used or sold laterSYN WAREHOUSEa grain store4a supply of something that you keep to use laterstore ofA 600-million barrel store of crude oil rests underground in Texas and Louisiana.storestore2 verb [transitive]1 (also store away) to put things away and keep them until you need themStationery should be stored in a clear and dry cupboard or stockroom.Goods are also stored on the warehouse floor, by high-rise stackings.2COMPUTINGto keep information on a computer or DISKStandard letters can be stored on floppy disks.All the sales data is stored on a CD-Rom.→ See Verb tableOrigin store2 (1200-1300) Old French estorer “to build, supply, store”, from Latin instaurare “to make new, restore”store1 nounstore2 verbChinese
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store1 S1 W1 /stɔː $ stɔːr/ 
noun [countable]
1. SHOP a place where goods are sold to the public. In British English, a store is large and sells many different things, but in American English, a store can be large or small, and sell many things or only one type of thing. ⇨ shop:
At Christmas the stores stay open late.
shoe/clothing/grocery etc store American English (=one that sells one type of goods)
She worked in a grocery store before going to college.
go to the store American English (=go to a store that sells food)
I need to go to the store for some milk. ⇨ chain store, department store, general store
2. SUPPLY a supply of something that you keep to use later
store of
a store of wood
fat stores in the body (=that your body keeps)
3. PLACE TO KEEP THINGS a large building in which goods are kept so they can be used or sold later:
a grain store
4. in store (for somebody) if something unexpected such as a surprise or problem is in store for someone, it is about to happen to them:
There’s a real treat in store for you this Christmas!
As we left, I wondered what the future held in store.
5. MILITARY stores [plural]
a. supplies of food and equipment that are used by an army, navy etc:
medical stores
b. the building or room in an army camp, ship etc where these are kept
6. set great/considerable etc store by something to consider something to be important:
Patrick has never set much store by material things.
store2 S3 W3 verb [transitive]
store something away/up
Squirrels are storing up nuts for the winter.
Store the beans in an airtight jar.
2. to keep facts or information in your brain or a computer:
Standard letters can be stored on floppy discs.
3. store up trouble/problems etc to behave in a way that will cause trouble for you later:
Smokers may be storing up disease for their unborn children.
▪ keep to leave something in one particular place so that you can find it easily: Where do you keep the scissors? | The keys are kept in my office.
▪store to put things away and keep them until you need them: Villagers have begun storing wood for the winter.
▪save to keep something so that you can use or enjoy it in the future: He had been saving the bottle of champagne for a special occasion. | We can save the rest of the pie for later.
▪file to store papers or information in a particular order or a particular place: All the contracts are filed alphabetically.
▪collect to get and keep objects of the same type because you think they are attractive or interesting: Kate collects old postcards.
▪hold to keep something to be used when it is needed, especially something that many different people may need to use: Medical records are now usually held on computers.
▪reserve formal to keep part of something for use at a later time during a process such as cooking: Reserve some of the chocolate so that you can use it for decorating the cake.
▪hoard to keep large amounts of food, money etc because you think you may not be able to get them in the future – used when you do not approve of people doing this because it is not necessary or not fair to other people: People have been hoarding food and fuel in case there is another attack. | Rationing of basic food products was introduced to prevent hoarding.
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noun [countable]1. SHOP a place where goods are sold to the public. In British English, a store is large and sells many different things, but in American English, a store can be large or small, and sell many things or only one type of thing. ⇨ shop:
shoe/clothing/grocery etc store American English (=one that sells one type of goods)
go to the store American English (=go to a store that sells food)
2. SUPPLY a supply of something that you keep to use later
store of
3. PLACE TO KEEP THINGS a large building in which goods are kept so they can be used or sold later:
4. in store (for somebody) if something unexpected such as a surprise or problem is in store for someone, it is about to happen to them:
5. MILITARY stores [plural]
a. supplies of food and equipment that are used by an army, navy etc:
b. the building or room in an army camp, ship etc where these are kept
6. set great/considerable etc store by something to consider something to be important:
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verb [transitive] Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: estorer 'to build, supply, store', from Latin instaurare 'to make new, restore'
1. to put things away and keep them until you need themLanguage: Old French
Origin: estorer 'to build, supply, store', from Latin instaurare 'to make new, restore'
store something away/up
2. to keep facts or information in your brain or a computer:
3. store up trouble/problems etc to behave in a way that will cause trouble for you later:
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Shopping 购物
go/go out/be out shopping去／外出／在外购物 go to ( the shops/especially
BrE ( a store/especially
NAmE ( the mallespecially
NAmE 去商店／商场 do ( the shopping/BrE ( the grocery shopping/a bit of window-shoppingespecially
NAmE 购物；购买食品杂货；逛街浏览一下商店橱窗 ( NAmE hit/hang out at the mall去逛商场；在商场闲逛 try on clothes/shoes试穿衣服／鞋 indulge in some retail therapy沉迷于购物疗法（疯狂购物以抚慰心灵） go on a spending spree痛痛快快地花一通钱 cut/cut back on/reduce your spending减少花销 be/get caught shoplifting在商店行窃被当场逮住 donate sth to/take sth to/find sth in ( a charity shop/BrE ( a thrift storeNAmE 把某物捐赠给／拿到慈善商店；在慈善商店发现某物 buy/sell/find sth at ( a car boot sale/BrE ( a jumble sale/a garage sale/BrE ( a yard saleNAmE 在后备箱旧货市场／旧杂物义卖／车库里进行的旧物销售／庭院拍卖会购买／出售／找到某物 find/get/pick up a bargain找到／买到便宜货
At the shop/store 在商店
load/push/wheel ( a trolley/BrE ( a cartNAmE 往手推车里装东西；推手推车 stand in/wait in ( the checkout queue/BrE ( the checkout lineNAmE 排队付款 ( NAmE stand in line/ ( BrE queue at the checkout在付款处排队 bag ( (your) groceriesespecially
NAmE 把食品杂货装进袋子 pack (away) ( your shoppingespecially
BrE 将所购之物打包 stack/stock/restock the shelves at a store (with sth)（把某物）放上／补齐放上商店的货架 be (found) on/appear on supermarket/shop/store shelves在超市／商店有售 be in/have in/be out of/run out of stock有货；脱销 deal with/help/serve customers应付／帮助／服务顾客 run a special promotion搞特别促销活动 be on special offer正在搞特价优惠
Buying goods 买商品
make/complete a purchase采购 buy/purchase sth online/by mail order网购；邮购 make/place/take an order for sth订购某物 buy/order sth in bulk/in advance大批／提前购买／订购某物 accept/take credit cards接受信用卡 pay (in) cash/by (credit/debit) card/( with a gift voucher/BrE ( with a gift certificateNAmE 用现金／（信用／借记）卡／礼券支付 enter your PIN number输入你的个人识别密码 ask for/get/obtain a receipt索要／拿到收据 return/exchange an item/a product退还／更换商品／产品 be entitled to/ask for/demand a refund有资格要求／要求退款 compare prices对比价格 offer (sb)/give (sb)/get/receive a 30% discount给（某人）／得到 30% 的折扣
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