building or room where goods or services are sold to the public
place where things are manufactured or repaired
place of business; institution; establishment
visit or go to a shop or shops to buy sth
give information about (sb), especially to the police
"he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"
"I built a birdhouse in shop"
"She goes shopping every Friday"
"I don't need help, I'm just browsing"
"He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
Souvenir shops whose mementoes surpass anything I have seen..for sheer vapidity.
出自: S. J. Perelman
A MUGGER was jailed..after being shopped by his mother.
出自:Daily Mirror
我在商店里到处寻找才买到了我所需要又能买得起的东西。
People must shop around for the best school for their children.
人们都要为子女找最好的学校。
误 The ladies retired to leave the men to talk.
正 The ladies retired to leave the men to talk shop.
析 talk通常指一般性的谈话,而talk shop通常指“谈论与职业有关的事”。
误 Let's go to shop tomorrow, shall we?
正 Let's go shopping tomorrow, shall we?
析 表示“去购物”,通常应说go shopping。类似的用法还有 go swimming(去游泳), go hunting(去打猎), go fishing(去钓鱼), go bathing(去游泳)等。
误 I shopped around a gift for a friend.
正 I shopped around for a gift for a friend.
析 表示“到商店里为的是选购…”可说shop around for sth。