corner shop
corner shop — 名詞
1. a small neighbourhood store selling food, drinks, newspapers, and the everyday g
雜貨店
開在住家附近、販售日常用品的小商店
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.
Rafael 跑去巷口的雜貨店買牛奶和一條吐司。
run down to the corner shop for everyday items
The corner shop on our street stays open until almost midnight every day.
我們這條街上的雜貨店幾乎每天都營業到深夜。
Nora buys her morning newspaper from the corner shop near the train station.
Nora 每天早上都在火車站附近的雜貨店買報紙。
After the supermarket closed, the corner shop was the only place to buy fruit.
超市關門後，這家雜貨店成了唯一能買到水果的地方。
Omar's grandfather has run the same corner shop for over thirty years.
Omar 的爺爺經營同一家雜貨店已經超過三十年了。
- 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.