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shopping
買東西,購物
Shop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shopped p. pr. & vb. n. Shopping.] To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.
He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping. --Byron.
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shop
n 1: a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or
services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod" [syn: store]
2: small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
[syn: workshop]
3: a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or
electricity); "I built a birdhouse in shop" [syn: shop
class]
v 1: do one's shopping; "She goes shopping every Friday"
2: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or
client of [syn: patronize, patronise, shop at, buy
at, frequent, sponsor] [ant: boycott, boycott]
3: shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm
just browsing" [syn: browse]
4: give away information about somebody; "He told on his
classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, tell
on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, snitch,
stag]
[also: shopping, shopped]
shopping
n : searching for or buying goods or services; "went shopping
for a reliable plumber"; "does her shopping at the mall
rather than down town"