grocer's
grocer's — 名詞
- grocer'ssingular
- grocer'sesplural
1. a small local store that sells food and household items, run by or named after t
雜貨店
販售食品與日用品的小型商店
a small local store that sells food and household items, run by or named after the person who owns it.
Élise stopped at the grocer's on her way home to buy milk and bread.
Élise 回家路上順道去了雜貨店買牛奶和麵包。
collocation: stop at the grocer's
There used to be a small grocer's on the corner before the supermarket opened.
在超市開幕之前，街角原本有一家小雜貨店。
typical setting: corner grocer's vs supermarket
Vivek works part-time at the grocer's near the train station every Saturday.
Vivek 每週六都在火車站附近的雜貨店打工。
Nkechi sent her son to the grocer's for a bag of rice and some onions.
Nkechi 叫兒子去雜貨店買一袋米和一些洋蔥。
The grocer's down our street sells fresh eggs from a local farm.
我們街上那家雜貨店有賣當地農場的新鮮雞蛋。
- grocery store
standard American equivalent
- corner shop
British, emphasises small neighbourhood scale, may sell more than food
- convenience store
more modern, often open long hours; broader stock than a traditional grocer's
文法句型
at the grocer's
go to the grocer's
用法筆記
Chiefly British. The form with the apostrophe-s comes from 'the grocer's shop' and refers to the shop itself, not the person. American English usually says 'the grocery store' instead.