shops
A shop is a small store that sells one type of merchandise.
a gift shop.
一个礼品店。
He and his wife run their own antiques shop.
他和他的妻子经营着自己的古董店。
A shop is a building or part of a building where things are sold.
You can refer to a place where a particular service is offered as a particular type of shop.
the barber's shop where Rodney sometimes had his hair cut.
罗德尼有时去理发的那间理发店。
betting shops.
彩票销售点。
shop around
If you shop around, you go to different stores or companies in order to compare the prices and quality of goods or services before you decide to buy them.
Prices may vary so it's well worth shopping around before you buy.
价格可能会不一样,所以在购买之前多跑几家商店是很值得的。
talk shop
If you say that people are talking shop, you mean that they are talking about their work, and this is boring for other people who do not do the same work.
Although I get on well with my colleagues, if you hang around together all the time you just end up talking shop.
尽管我和同事们相处得很融洽,但如果老呆在一起最后往往除了工作就没什么可说的了。
shops , shopping , shopped
When you shop, you go to stores or shops and buy things.
He always shopped at the co-op.
他总在合作社购物。
some advice that's worth bearing in mind when shopping for a new carpet.
买新地毯时值得记住的建议。