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
- They live in a remote corner of scotland, miles from the nearest shop.
他们住在苏格兰的一个偏僻的角落,离最近的商店也要好几英里。 - I'll just pop my coat on and go to the corner shop.
我很快地穿上外套,前往那拐角上的商店。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Imagine a corner shop that is not doing well. At best it cannot provide its owner with a minimum standard of living. At worst it cannot even cover its costs and is kept going by loans and donations from relations, friends and well-wishers.
假设一家街角小店生意不好,那么最好的情况是,它只是无法帮店主满足最低生活标准,而最糟糕的情况是,它入不敷出,只能靠贷款以及亲戚朋友和好心人的捐助运营。 - Ah! yes, at the corner of a street; I can see the shop.
啊,对,在一条街的拐角上,我想起那铺子了。 - We prefer the small corner shop to the large supermarket.
与大型超级市场相比,我们更喜欢那家拐角小商店。 - Friends of mine, husband and wife, once argued over the price of a branded packet of lemon slices bought at some convenient corner shop or petrol station.
有一次,我朋友俩口子围绕在街边便利店或加油站购买的一包品牌柠檬片价格展开了争论。