corner shop
英 [ˈkɔːnə ʃɒp]
美 [ˈkɔːrnər ʃɑːp]
n. (尤指住宅区附近的)小商店,街头小店
牛津词典
noun
- (尤指住宅区附近的)小商店,街头小店
a small shop that sells food, newspapers, cigarettes, etc., especially one near people's houses
柯林斯词典
- 街头小店;小商店
Acorner shopis a small shop, usually on the corner of a street, that sells mainly food and household goods.
in AM, use 美国英语用 corner store
双语例句
- A particular kind of walking. Not the distance between porch and corner shop. But a more aimless pursuit.
一种特殊的行走方式,不是从家门口走到街角的商店,而是一种漫无目的的行动。 - I bought a pack of green tea in the corner shop.
我在住宅区附近的小卖铺买了一包绿茶。 - Our little corner shop is no longer a paying concern, ie is no longer profitable.
我们这个街头小店已赚不到钱了。 - The corner shop is convenient if you forget to get something in town, although you pay through the nose for anything you buy there.
如果你在镇上忘了买什么,在这个拐角商店里可非常方便地买到,不过价钱要贵很多。 - The customer was on the telephone in the corner of the shop.
那名客人正在店里的角落讲电话。 - I have a letter from the people who used to own the corner shop.
我收到从前街角那家商店的老板寄来的一封信。 - He sees government finances as akin to those of a corner shop whose outgoings must not exceed its incomings – the difference being that cost-cutting by the shopkeeper is unlikely to affect the prosperity of his customers.
在他看来,政府就像某个街角小商店一样,支出绝不能超过收入。二者的区别就在于,商店老板削减成本,不大可能会影响顾客们的荷包。 - We walked to a corner malt shop and sat down on a couple of swiveling stools while we enjoyed our drinks.
我们走到了一个拐角处的一间麦芽店,坐在两个转动椅上喝着我们的饮料。 - It is not a difficult trade to learn and the large chain-stores can never force the small bookseller out of existence as they have done to the corner shop.
学习不是一个困难的贸易,而且当他们已经做到角落商店的时候,大的连锁商店能由于存在不再强迫小的书商。 - She can cash it at the corner sweet shop.
她就可以在街角的糖果店兑现了。
