general store

general store

n. A retail store, usually located in a rural community, that sells a wide variety of merchandise.

gen′eral store′

n. a store, usu. in a rural area, that sells a wide variety of merchandise, as clothing, food, and hardware, but is not divided into departments. [1825–35, Amer.]

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general store - a retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandisecountry store, trading postmercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet - a place of business for retailing goods

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杂货店百货店

general

(ˈdʒenərəl) adjective1. of, involving etc all, most or very many people, things etc. The general feeling is that he is stupid; His general knowledge is good although he is not good at mathematics. 普遍的 普遍的，总的 2. covering a large number of cases. a general rule. 一般的 一般的3. without details. I'll just give you a general idea of the plan. 大體的 大体的4. (as part of an official title) chief. the Postmaster General. (官員頭銜)長，長官(如:郵政署署長) ...长，首席的 noun in the British army, (a person of) the rank next below field marshal. General Smith. (英國)陸軍元帥以下的上將 （英国）陆军上将 ˈgeneralize, ˈgeneralise verb1. to make a general rule etc that can be applied to many cases, based on a number of cases. He's trying to generalize from only two examples. 概括，泛化 引出普遍性结论，推论 2. to talk (about something) in general terms. We should stop generalizing and discuss each problem separately. 籠統地談論 笼统地讲ˌgeneraliˈzation, ˌgeneraliˈsation noun 泛化, 概括 普遍化，概括 ˈgenerally adverb usually; by most people; on the whole. He is generally disliked; He generally wins. 一般地 一般地General Certificate of EducationGCEgeneral election an election in which the voters in every constituency are involved. 大選，普選 大选，普选 general practitionerGPgeneral store a shop that sells a wide range of goods. 百貨店 百货店，杂货店 as a general rule usually; in most cases. As a general rule, we don't employ unskilled workers. 一般說來 一般说来in general usually; in most cases; most of (a group of people etc). People in general were not very sympathetic; People were in general not very sympathetic. 一般地 一般地the general public the people of a town, country etc, considered as a group. 公眾 公众