| 单词 | shopping around |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshopping around shopping around n. originally U.S. the action of to shop around at shop v.1 Phrasal verbs. ΚΠ 1871 Evening Gaz. (Port Jervis, N.Y.) 28 Oct. (advt.) Anyone in this State Buying Alpacas of late Has found out by shopping around That the cheapest and nicest, And at lowest cash prices, Are retailed by Cunningham—up-town. 1919 Amer. Hatter Dec. 101/2 Today, ‘shopping around’ is more common than it was five years ago. 1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 2 Sept. 40/8 The practice used by some parents of shopping around for a championship team for their child. 1987 D. Rowe Beyond Fear xi. 384 Accepting yourself means..giving up shopping around for an alternative self. 2012 Independent 1 Aug. 15/5 Every enterprise likes to brag that you will never find a lower price, not least because it is commercially convenient for them if you don't bother shopping around. < as lemmas |
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