shop

noun

/ʃɒp/

/ʃɑːp/

Idioms

where you buy something

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[countable] (especially British English) a building or part of a building where you can buy goods or services商店；店铺

to open/close/run a shop开店；关店；经营店铺
There's a good selection of local shops.有很多当地店铺可逛。
a record/pet shop唱片/宠物店
a shoe shop鞋店
(British English) a butcher’s shop肉铺
(North American English) a butcher shop肉铺
(British English) I'm just going to the shops. Can I get you anything?我要去买东西。有什么要我给你带的吗？
in a shop She works in a shop in the town centre.她在市中心的一家商店工作。
He was alone in the shop when the robber came in.当强盗进来时，店里只有他一个人。
shop owners in the area该地区的店主

Collocations ShoppingShoppingShopping

go/go out/be out shopping
go to (especially British English) the shops/(especially North American English) a store/(especially North American English) the mall
do (British English) the shopping/(especially North American English) the grocery shopping/a bit of window-shopping
(North American English, informal) hit/hang out at the mall
try on clothes/shoes
indulge in some retail therapy
go on a spending spree
cut/cut back on/reduce your spending
be/get caught shoplifting
donate something to/take something to/find something in (British English) a charity shop/(North American English) a thrift store
buy/sell/find something at (British English) a car boot sale/(British English) a jumble sale/a garage sale/(North American English) a yard sale
find/get/pick up a bargain

At the shop/store

load/push/wheel (British English) a trolley/(North American English) a cart
stand in/wait in (British English) the checkout queue/(North American English) the checkout line
(North American English) stand in line/ (British English) queue at the checkout
bag (especially North American English) (your) groceries
pack (away) (especially British English) your shopping
stack/stock/restock the shelves at a store (with something)
be (found) on/appear on supermarket/shop shelves
be in/have in/be out of/run out of stock
deal with/help/serve customers
run a special promotion
be on special offer

Buying goods

make/complete a purchase
buy/purchase something online/by mail order
make/place/take an order for something
buy/order something in bulk/in advance
accept/take credit cards
pay (in) cash/by (credit/debit) card/(British English) with a gift voucher/(North American English) with a gift certificate
enter your PIN number
ask for/get/obtain a receipt
return/exchange an item/a product
be entitled to/ask for/demand a refund
compare prices
offer (somebody)/give (somebody)/get/receive a 30% discount

see also betting shop, bucket shop, charity shop, chip shop, coffee shop, corner shop, factory shop, farm shop, fish and chip shop, gift shop, junk shop, pro shop, smoke shop

Wordfinder

assistant
buy
counter
display
fitting room
promotion
sale
shop
store
till

Extra Examples

I went around all the shops but I couldn't find a present for him.我逛遍了所有的商店，却没有给他买到一件礼物。
Mobile shops are invaluable to people in rural areas.流动商店对乡村地区居民非常重要。
She opened a flower shop in the High Street.她在商业街上开了一家花店。
She works part-time in a shop.她在一家店铺兼职。
The brothers opened a chain of electrical shops in the eighties.兄弟几个在 80 年代开了电器连锁店。
The post office is at the end of the row of shops.邮局在这排商店的尽头。
The shop offers a large selection of leather goods at reasonable prices.这家商店出售的皮革制品种类繁多，价格公道。
Your local pet shop should stock a variety of different collars.您当地的宠物店应该备有各种不同的项圈。

Topics Shoppinga1

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective

corner
local
village
…

… of shops

parade
row
chain
…

verb + shop

have
keep
own
…

shop + verb

sell something
offer something
specialize in something
…

shop + noun

assistant
manager
manageress
…

preposition

around a/the shop
round a/the shop
at a/the shop
…

for making/repairing things

(also workshop)

[countable] (especially in compounds) a place where things are made or repaired, especially part of a factory where a particular type of work is done工厂；工场；作坊；（尤指）车间

a repair shop修理厂
a paint shop (= where cars or other items are painted)喷漆车间

shopping

[singular] (British English, informal) an act of going shopping, especially for food and other items needed in the house购物；采买

I do a weekly shop at the supermarket.我一周上超市一次。

school subject

(also shop class, industrial arts)

(all North American English) [uncountable] a school subject in which students learn to make things from wood and metal using tools and machines工艺课

room for tools

(also workshop)

[countable] (both North American English) a room in a house where tools are kept for making repairs to the house, building things out of wood, etc.工具贮藏室

see also closed shop, cop shop, open shop

Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French eschoppe ‘lean-to booth’, of West Germanic origin; related to German Schopf ‘porch’ and English dialect shippon ‘cattle shed’. The verb is first recorded (mid 16th cent.) in the sense ‘imprison’ (from an obsolete slang use of the noun for ‘prison’), which led to sense (3).

Idioms

all over the shop (British English, informal)

(also all over the place British and North American English)

(US English also all over the lot)

everywhere到处；各处
- New restaurants are appearing all over the shop.商店各处都出现了新的餐厅。
not neat or tidy; not well organized凌乱；狼藉；杂乱无章
- Your calculations are all over the shop (= completely wrong).你的计算遍布整个商店（=完全错误）。

a bull in a china shop

a person who is careless, or who moves or acts in a rough way, in a place or situation where skill and care are needed（不顾环境）笨拙莽撞的人，冒失鬼
- You’re not going to go storming in there like a bull in a china shop, are you?你不会像公牛冲进瓷器店一样冲进去，是吗？

close its doors | close shop

(of a business, etc.) to stop trading停业；歇业；关闭
- The factory closed its doors for the last time in 2009.这家工厂最后于 2009 年关闭。
- The company closed shop and left the US last year.该公司去年关闭了商店并离开了美国。
Topics Businessc2

mind the shop (British English)

(North American English mind the store)

to be in charge of something for a short time while somebody is away临时代管；帮忙关照
- Who's minding the shop while the boss is abroad?老板出国期间由谁代管？

set up shop

to start a business开业；开张
- an area where many artists have set up shop有很多艺术从业者聚集的地区
- Some buskers had set up shop outside the station.一些街头艺人在车站外开设了商店。

shut up shop

(British English, informal) to close a business permanently or to stop working for the day停业；关张；倒闭；打烊

talk shop

(usually disapproving) to talk about your work with the people you work with, especially when you are also with other people who are not connected with or interested in it说行话；三句话不离本行（尤指当着外行的面）
- Whenever we meet up with Clive and Sue they always end up talking shop.每当我们见到克莱夫和苏时，他们总是会聊一些正经事。

shop

verb

/ʃɒp/

/ʃɑːp/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they shop	/ʃɒp/ /ʃɑːp/
he / she / it shops	/ʃɒps/ /ʃɑːps/
past simple shopped	/ʃɒpt/ /ʃɑːpt/
past participle shopped	/ʃɒpt/ /ʃɑːpt/
-ing form shopping	/ˈʃɒpɪŋ/ /ˈʃɑːpɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

buy

[intransitive] to buy things in shops去商店买；在商店购物

I shop there from time to time.我时常在那里购物。
I bumped into him when I was out shopping with my mother.我和妈妈外出购物时碰到了他。
to shop online网上购物
They shop in the same supermarket.他们在同一家超市购物。
He likes to shop at the local market.他喜欢到本地市场买东西。
It is just as cheap to shop at your local village store. 在当地乡村商店购物同样便宜。
shop for something to shop for food去商店买食物
We tend to go into Edinburgh to shop for clothes.我们一般去爱丁堡买衣服。
She was determined to go out and shop till she dropped (= until was too tired to walk around any more).她决意要外出购物，直到累得站不住才罢休。

Topics Shoppinga1

[transitive] (used especially in marketing) to choose and buy things, especially online去商店买；在商店购物

to shop the store/collection/sale去商店/收藏/促销
Shop our pick of the best platform boots here.在这里购买我们精选的最佳厚底靴子。
Scroll down below for ideas and shop your sneakers without wasting any time.向下滚动以获取想法并立即购买您的运动鞋，而无需浪费任何时间。

tell police about somebody

[transitive] shop somebody (to somebody) (British English, informal) to give information to somebody, especially to the police, about somebody who has committed a crime（向警察等）告发

He didn't expect his own mother to shop him to the police.他没想到自己的母亲会向警方告发他。