pharmacy

/ˈfɑːməsi/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfɑːrməsi/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfär-mə-sē/ (ame, mw)

pharmacy — noun

  • pharmacysingular
  • pharmaciesplural

1. a store, or a section inside a larger store, where people get medicine and buy s

1.名詞B1
釋義

a store, or a section inside a larger store, where people get medicine and buy simple health products

例句

Nina stopped at the pharmacy to pick up her son's cough medicine.

pick up medicine at the pharmacy

The pharmacy next to the station sells pain tablets and baby soap.

pharmacy as a neighborhood shop

同義詞
  • drugstore

    especially American; often a larger shop that also sells other everyday items

  • chemist's

    common British term for a local place where you collect medicine

  • dispensary

    more formal; often used for a clinic or charity medicine outlet

文法句型

go to the pharmacy

stop at the pharmacy

supermarket pharmacy

用法筆記

Often used with go to, stop at, or pick up from. In British English, many speakers also say chemist's for this kind of shop.

常見錯誤

❌I bought the cream in pharmacy.
✅I bought the cream at the pharmacy.
💡for a shop, English normally uses 'at' and needs the article.
❌She went to pharmacy after dinner.
✅She went to the pharmacy after dinner.
💡this countable sense usually needs 'the' when you mean a specific shop.

2. the department in a hospital that keeps, prepares, and sends out medicine for pa

2.名詞B2
釋義

the department in a hospital that keeps, prepares, and sends out medicine for patients

例句

The nurse called the pharmacy when the children's antibiotics ran low.

call the pharmacy from a ward

Two medicine boxes from the pharmacy reached the heart ward before breakfast.

medicine sent from the pharmacy

同義詞
  • dispensary

    formal and often used for the place that hands out medicines in a clinic or hospital

  • pharmaceutical department

    administrative label for the same hospital unit

  • medication unit

    descriptive phrase stressing the hospital service rather than the shop idea

文法句型

hospital pharmacy

send to the pharmacy

call the pharmacy

用法筆記

Usually understood from a hospital context and often modified by hospital. Distinguish from sense 1: this is an internal department for patient medicine, not a public shop on the street.

常見錯誤

❌The doctor sent the chart to the shop pharmacy.
✅The doctor sent the chart to the hospital pharmacy.
💡inside a hospital, this sense normally refers to the hospital's own medicine department.
❌We bought snacks from the hospital pharmacy.
✅We got the patient's medicine from the hospital pharmacy.
💡this sense is about medicines for treatment, not general shopping.

3. the study and professional work of making medicines and giving them out safely

3.名詞B2
釋義

the study and professional work of making medicines and giving them out safely

例句

Rita studied pharmacy at Kaohsiung Medical University and became a hospital pharmacist.

study pharmacy at university

Owen's sister chose pharmacy because she liked chemistry and patient care.

同義詞

文法句型

study pharmacy

work in pharmacy

pharmacy program

用法筆記

Usually uncountable in this sense: study pharmacy, go into pharmacy, work in pharmacy. Distinguish from senses 1 and 2, which name places rather than the subject or profession.

常見錯誤

❌She studies a pharmacy at university.
✅She studies pharmacy at university.
💡school subjects usually do not take 'a'.
❌He works on pharmacy after graduation.
✅He works in pharmacy after graduation.
💡use 'in' for a field of study or work.