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shop /ʃɒp/ n. | vi. | vt. | phr.
I n.
1. 〈主英〉商店，店铺(= 〈美〉store)
a butcher's shop 肉铺
run a small shop 经营一家小铺子
2. 〈美〉(大商店内的)专柜；专业零售部；专业服务部
a sandwich shop 三明治专柜
the ski shop at Smith's 史密斯商店的滑雪用品部
3. 〈口〉购物
have one big shop a week with a small mid-week shop for perishables 在每周作一次大采购的同时于周三作一次不易保鲜食物的小采购
4. 车间，工场；作坊；工厂
a carpenter's shop 木工场
a foundry shop 铸工车间
a machine shop 机器车间
5. 〈美〉工艺(学)；(木工、金工等的)手艺课；上手艺课的教室(或实验室)
6. 〈口〉工作室；办公室，办事处；〈英俚〉机构
an education shop 教育机构
7. 本行；与本行有关的事；(尤指不合时宜的)有关本行的谈论(或话题)；行话
Stop thinking of shop all the time! 不要总是想着自己的本行!
get back to shop 回到与本行有关的话题上去
talk golf-shop 大谈高尔夫球经
8. 〈英俚〉演戏的职业
9. [the S-] (英国)皇家军校；〈澳俚〉墨尔本大学
II (shopped; shopping)
❶ vi.
1. 到商店去购物；到商店去看(或选购)商品
I usually shop on Saturdays. 我通常在星期六去商店购物。
I like shopping for clothes. 我喜欢买衣服。
go shopping 去买东西
2. 到处寻找；寻求
shop for a judge 物色法官
shop for support 寻求支持
3. 〈美〉浏览商店橱窗
❷ vt.
1. 去(商店)选购商品(或看货)；在…购物
Maybe all the burglars were out shopping the department stores. 或许窃贼们都外出光顾百货商店去了。
In old times most people shopped the general store. 从前人们大都在杂货店购物。
2. 选购(商品)；购买(商品)
3. (为获得有关商品信息而)浏览(报纸、商品目录等)
4. 〈美俚〉解雇；免去…的职务
5. 〈英口〉逮捕；拘禁；使入狱；(尤指向警方)告发
The murderer was shopped by his girlfriend. 凶手是由他的女友告发的。
6. 〈英俚〉(尤指在戏剧界)给…一份工作做，雇用
7. 把…送去检修
shop a railroad car for periodic maintenance 把火车车厢送去作定期维修
[<OE sceoppa stall¹, booth; 与 OHG scopf shed¹ 有关] phr. all over the shop 〈口〉1. 一片零乱，到处散置着 My books are all over the shop. 我的书散得到处都是。2. 到处，四处 I searched for the dictionary all over the shop. 我到处寻找那本词典。close (up) shop = shut (up) shop
come (或go) to the wrong (right) shop〈口〉(在请求帮助、征求意见等时)找错(对)对象
cut (the) shop 不再谈论本行的事
keep a shop 做店主；做店主并经管店务
keep shop 照管店中业务
mind the shop 见 mind
open (up) shop 开店；开业；开始工作
open shop at nine9点钟开始工作
set up shop 开店；开始营业；开始工作
He's set up shop as a lawyer in town. 他已在城里开业当律师。
shop around 〈美〉
1. 逐店选购
The prices are variable so shop around by all means. 价格高低不一，所以一定要货比三家，逐店选购。
2. 搜寻；到处寻找好工作(或主意等)
shop around for an apartment for one's friend 为朋友到处找一套公寓房间
shop around for an expert 到处物色专家
shut (up) shop 1. 关店；打烊
Bad weather made airports shut shop. 恶劣的天气使各机场不得不关闭。
2. 停止；停止活动；歇业
If we cannot recruit new members to the society, we shall soon have to shut up shop. 如果我们没法吸收新会员入社， 我们将不得不马上停办。
The committee finished its business and shut up shop. 委员会的业务已结束，并已停止活动。
sink the shop 不谈有关本行的事；隐瞒自己的职业
smell of the shop 本行气息十足
talk shop (尤指排他性地)三句不离本行，说行话，谈论自己的工作(或职业)
Two chemists were talking shop, and I hardly understood a word they said. 两位化学家正大谈行话，我简直一点也听不懂。
the other shop 竞争的对手 |