Tra từ shop - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

shop [shop shops shopped shopping] noun, verb BrE [ʃɒp] NAmE [ʃɑːp]
noun

WHERE YOU BUY STH
1. countable (especially BrE)a building or part of a building where you can buy goods or services
•a shoe shop
• There's a little gift shop around the corner.
• (BrE)a butcher's shop
• (NAmE)a butcher shop
• (BrE) I'm just going down to the shops. Can I get you anything?

see also ↑bakeshop, ↑bucket shop, ↑coffee shop, ↑corner shop, ↑factory shop

FOR MAKING/REPAIRING THINGS
2. (also work·shop)countable (especially in compounds)a place where things are made or repaired, especially part of a factory where a particular type of work is done
•a repair shop
•a paint shop (= where cars are painted)
see also ↑body shop

SHOPPING
3. singular (BrE, informal)an act of going shopping, especially for food and other items needed in the house
•I do a weekly shop at the supermarket.

SCHOOL SUBJECT
4. (also ˈshop class)uncountable (both NAmE) = ↑industrial arts

ROOM FOR TOOLS
5. (also work·shop)countable (NAmE)a room in a house where tools are kept for making repairs to the house, building things out of wood, etc.
more at a bull in a china shop at ↑bull, hit the shops/stores at ↑hit _v., mind the shop at ↑mind _v., shut up shop at ↑shut _v., talk shop at ↑talk _v.

Word Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Old French eschoppe ‘lean-to booth’, of West Germanic origin; related to German Schopf ‘porch’ and English dialect shippon ‘cattle shed’. The verb is first recorded (mid 16th cent.) in the sense ‘imprison’ (from an obsolete slang use of the noun for ‘prison’), which led to sense 3.

Thesaurus:
shop noun C (especially BrE)
•a pet/gift/flower shop
store • • supermarket • • boutique • • salon • |AmE grocery store • |business outlet •
an expensive/exclusive shop/store/boutique/salon
a specialist shop/store/outlet/boutique
a shop/store/supermarket/boutique/salon/grocery store/outlet sells/offers sth
own/have a shop/store/salon/supermarket/boutique/grocery store/outlet
Shop or store? In British English shop is the usual word; it is only used in American English about small, specialist shops. In American English store is the usual word; it is only used in British English about large shops, especially in business English, journalism and advertising.

Collocations:
Shopping
Shopping
go/go out/be out shopping
go to (especially BrE) the shops/(especially NAmE) a store/(especially NAmE) the mall
do (BrE) the shopping/(especially NAmE) the grocery shopping/a bit of window-shopping
(NAmE, informal) hit/hang out at the mall
try on clothes/shoes
indulge in some retail therapy
go on a spending spree
cut/cut back on/reduce your spending
be/get caught shoplifting
donate sth to/take sth to/find sth in (BrE) a charity shop/(NAmE) a thrift store
buy/sell/find sth at (BrE) a car boot sale/(BrE) a jumble sale/a garage sale/(NAmE) a yard sale
find/get/pick up a bargain
At the shop/store
load/push/wheel (BrE) a trolley/(NAmE) a cart
stand in/wait in (BrE) the checkout queue/(NAmE) the checkout line
(NAmE) stand in line/ (BrE) queue at the checkout
bag (especially NAmE) (your) groceries
pack (away) (especially BrE) your shopping
stack/stock/restock the shelves at a store (with sth)
be (found) on/appear on supermarket/shop/store shelves
be in/have in/be out of/run out of stock
deal with/help/serve customers
run a special promotion
be on special offer
Buying goods
make/complete a purchase
buy/purchase sth online/by mail order
make/place/take an order for sth
buy/order sth in bulk/in advance
accept/take credit cards
pay (in) cash/by (credit/debit) card/(BrE) with a gift voucher/(NAmE) with a gift certificate
enter your PIN number
ask for/get/obtain a receipt
return/exchange an item/a product
be entitled to/ask for/demand a refund
compare prices
offer (sb)/give (sb)/get/receive a 30% discount

Example Bank:
•I gave all my old books to a charity shop.
•I went around all the shops but I couldn't find a present for him.
•Mobile shops are invaluable to people in rural areas.
•She bought 400 cigarettes at the airport duty-free shop.
•She opened a flower shop in the High Street.
•She works part-time in a shop.
•Some buskers had set up shop outside the station.
•The brothers opened a chain of electrical shops in the eighties.
•The post office is at the end of the row of shops.
•The shop offers a large selection of leather goods at reasonable prices.
•There was was a break-in at that new shop last night.
•This is your one-stop shop for all your holiday needs.
•a famous shoe shop chain
•an area where many artists have set up shop
•The local corner shop stays open until midnight.
•There's a little gift shop around the corner.
•Your local pet shop should stock a variety of different collars.
•a pet/gift shop
Idioms: ↑all over the shop ▪ ↑set up shop
Derived: ↑shop around

verb (-pp-)

BUY
1. intransitive ~ (for sth) to buy things in shops/stores
•to shop for food
• He likes to shop at the local market.
• She was determined to go out and shop till she dropped.
2. go shoppingintransitive to spend time going to shops/stores and looking for things to buy
• There should be plenty of time to go shopping before we leave New York.
• ‘Where's Mum?’ ‘She went shopping.’

TELL POLICE ABOUT SB
3. transitive ~ sb (to sb) (BrE, informal)to give information to sb, especially to the police, about sb who has committed a crime
•He didn't expect his own mother to shop him to the police.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Old French eschoppe ‘lean-to booth’, of West Germanic origin; related to German Schopf ‘porch’ and English dialect shippon ‘cattle shed’. The verb is first recorded (mid 16th cent.) in the sense ‘imprison’ (from an obsolete slang use of the noun for ‘prison’), which led to sense 3.

Example Bank:
•There should be plenty of time to go shopping before we leave New York.
•We tend to go into Edinburgh to shop for clothes.

See also: ↑shop class ▪ ↑workshop