单词 | grocery store |
释义 | grocery storen. 1. Originally U.S. A shop that sells foods and other household supplies. Cf. grocery shop n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop selling provisions provision shop1796 pulperia1818 grocery1828 alimentation1958 1774 Pennsylvania Packet 19 Sept. Cheshire Cheese, to be Sold by Henry Dougherty, At his Grocery Store on Cuthbert's wharf. 1792 Weekly Museum 29 Dec. (advt.) Wanted immediately. A Smart active lad about 15 or 16 years of age, who can be well recommended, to attend in a Grocery Store. 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 137 A little cluster of houses, including a grocery-store and a blacksmith's-shop. 1959 Home Encycl. 25 The round cheeses wrapped in gaily coloured foils are well-known in Italian restaurants and grocery stores. 2006 H. O'Neill Lullabies for Little Criminals 126 Jules sent me to a grocery store that had a special on concentrated orange juice. ΚΠ 1806 Balance (Hudson, N.Y.) 28 Jan. 31/1 There are one hundred and seventy-four licensed Grocery Stores, and sixty-seven Taverns in the city of Albany; or, about one grocery store or tavern for every five families in the city. 1811 B. Rush in J. Adams' Wks. (1854) IX. 637 (note) To lessen the number of taverns and grocery stores. 1832 J. Pickering Inq. of Emigrant (ed. 4) iii. 50 Almost all the roads leading to a town in America are full of houses on their sides, called ‘taverns’, or ‘liquor’, ‘beer and cake’, or ‘grocery’, stores. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。