1 N-COUNT (兼卖化妆品和某些日用品的)药店 A chemist or a chemist's is a shop where drugs and medicines are sold or given out, and where you can buy cosmetics and some household goods. (兼卖化妆品和某些日用品的)药店 [British]
SYN pharmacist, apothecary [obsolete] , pharmacologist, dispenser
2 N-COUNT 药剂师 A chemist is someone who works in a chemist's shop and is qualified to prepare and sell medicines. 药剂师 [British]
in AM, use 美国英语用 druggist, pharmacist
3 N-COUNT 化学家 A chemist is a person who does research connected with chemistry or who studies chemistry. 化学家
Usage Note :
In British English, the usual way of referring to a shop where medicines are sold or given out is chemist or chemist's. She went into a chemist's and bought some aspirin. Pharmacy is also used, but is not as common. In American English, the word drugstore is used, but this usually refers to a shop where you can buy drinks, snacks, and other small items, as well as medicines. At the drugstore I bought a can of Coke and the local papers.
在英国英语中,卖药或发药的商店通常叫做 chemist 或者 chemist's: She went into a chemist's and bought some aspirin (她进了一家药店,买了些阿司匹林)。也用 pharmacy,但并不常见。美国英语中用 drugstore, 但这种商店除药品以外,往往还出售饮料、零食及其他小东西:At the drugstore I bought a can of Coke and the local papers (我在药店买了一听可乐和几份当地的报纸)。
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