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shop

/ˈʃɑːp/ American
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  • n. 商店, 工厂
  • v. 购物
Definition
  • n. a place where goods are sold or made
  • v. to go and buy things
Example
He walked into the shop to buy some fresh vegetables.
他走进商店买了一些新鲜蔬菜。
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Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析

Compared meaning: a place where things are made or repaired (noun).

比较义项:制作或维修物品的场所(车间/工场)(名词)。

  • workshop

    The plain, unambiguous word for a room or building set up for making or repairing things; it stands alone and needs no extra noun to signal that meaning.

    指用于制作或维修物品的房间或建筑时,这是最直接明确的词;单独使用即可,不需要加其他名词来点明含义。

    He converted the old garage into a workshop for repairing bicycles.

    他把旧车库改造成了一个修理自行车的工场。

  • shop 本词

    In this sense, 'shop' usually needs a qualifying word (machine shop, print shop, blacksmith's shop) to mean a workroom; alone it normally means a retail store, so this use feels more like trade jargon.

    在这个意义上,shop 通常要加限定词(如 machine shop、print shop、blacksmith's shop)才表示工场;单独使用时一般指零售商店,因此这种用法更像是行业术语。

    The blacksmith's shop rang with the sound of hammering all day.

    铁匠的作坊里整天回荡着敲打的声音。

Both can mean a room for making or repairing things. Workshop is the plain word for this, standing alone. Shop needs a qualifying word, like machine shop, to mean this; alone it means a store. Excludes shop as 'a store', workshop as 'a training session'.

这两个词都可以指制作或维修物品的场所,但用法和默认含义不同:workshop 单独使用就明确指车间,是最直接的说法;shop 在这个意义上通常要加限定词(如 machine shop、auto shop、print shop)才表示车间,单独使用时更常指“商店”。这里不比较 shop 表示“出售商品的场所(商店)”的常见意义,也不比较 workshop 表示“培训班/研讨会”的意义。