单词 | shopping |
释义 | Word family noun shop shopper shopping verb shop shop·ping /ˈʃɒpɪŋ $ ʃɑː-/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [uncountable] 1 BUYthe activity of going to shops and buying things 买东西,购物 Late-night shopping is becoming very popular. 深夜购物越来越普遍了。shopping expedition/trip She’s gone on a shopping trip to New York. 她去纽约购物了。 I went on a shopping spree (=went shopping and bought a lot of things) at the weekend and spent far too much money. 我周末大买特买了一番,花了好多钱。 I’ve got to do some last-minute shopping. 我得去作最后一刻的大采购。 the busy Christmas shopping season 忙碌的圣诞购物季 → window-shopping2 do the shopping BUYto go shopping to buy food and other things you need regularly 购物 I hate doing the shopping at weekends. 我讨厌在周末购物。3 British EnglishBUY the things that you have just bought from a shop 〔从商店里〕刚买来的东西 Can you help me carry the shopping, please? 请帮我拿一下刚买来的这些东西好吗?n COLLOCATIONSverbsgo shoppingShe skipped lunch in order to go shopping.do some/the/your shoppingI thought you wanted to do some shopping.NOUN + shopping Christmas shoppingSo you've done all your Christmas shopping, have you?grocery shoppingShe even enjoys grocery shopping.home shopping (=buying things at home, for example from a catalogue)shopping + NOUNa shopping expedition/tripHis shopping trip with Uncle Billy had been a thorough success.a shopping spree (=when you buy a lot of things)He admits to going on a shopping spree with someone else's credit card.a shopping list (=a list of what you need to buy, especially of food)Always take a shopping list so you are not tempted to buy things you do not need.Examples from the Corpusshopping• Or is the genuine Dublin culture to be found in the new sprawling suburbs with its run-down libraries and shopping malls?• She arranged with the friend beside whom he was being rehoused to do his shopping on a regular basis.• There's a range of fabulous large shopping malls, and don't miss Lake Cecil which offers excellent watersports.• On Friday morning I take my neighbour shopping.• Even now, he had never returned to the shopping mall.• Ben listed his hobbies as watching TV, shopping, and going to the movies.• When she went shopping to the town she wore a long, voluminous, dark-grey cloak of which she was very proud.shopping expedition/trip• D' you feel like a shopping trip to New York?• Pizza is how we make a shopping trip special when the purchases will not be for them.• He was allegedly detained at the town's Safeway Supermarket after a Friday afternoon shopping expedition went wrong.• Christmas was over, so we could hardly announce that she had gone on another shopping trip.• Before the week is over, she will make several more shopping trips to put food on the dinner table.• An ordinary shopping trip will leave you weary.• Later in the day, after their shopping expedition, Jessica and Karen drove down to the docks.• She used to really like those shopping trips to Nordstrom.From Longman Business Dictionaryshoppingshop‧ping /ˈʃɒpɪŋˈʃɑː-/ noun [uncountable]COMMERCE the activity of going to shops to buy thingsShopping is now a major leisure industry.We always do the shopping (=buy food and other things needed regularly) on Fridays. → home shopping → window shoppingshop·ping noun →n COLLOCATIONS1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable things buying going of and Corpus Business the activity shops to |
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