corner shop
corner shop — noun
1. a small neighbourhood store selling food, drinks, newspapers, and the everyday g
a small neighbourhood store selling food, drinks, newspapers, and the everyday goods that households often run out of
Rafael ran down to the corner shop to buy milk and a loaf of bread.
run down to the corner shop for everyday items
The corner shop on our street stays open until almost midnight every day.
Nora buys her morning newspaper from the corner shop near the train station.
After the supermarket closed, the corner shop was the only place to buy fruit.
Omar's grandfather has run the same corner shop for over thirty years.
- convenience store
American English term for a similar small shop, often part of a chain
- general store
older or rural term for a small shop selling a wide range of goods
- mini-market
small self-service shop; sounds more modern than 'corner shop'
- supermarket
a large self-service store — the opposite in size and range of goods
用法筆記
Chiefly British English; the usual American term is 'convenience store'. Speakers normally use the definite article — 'the corner shop' — to mean the specific small shop nearest their home.