grocery

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/    /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/|/ˈɡɹoʊ.ʃɹi/|/ˈɡɹəʉs.(ə.)ɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies. attributive
    — 1776: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations Where ten thousand pounds can be employed in the grocery trade, the wages of the grocer's labour make but a very trifling addition...
  2. A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.
    — 1854: Henry David Thoreau, Walden I observed that the vitals of the village were the grocery, the bar-room, the post-office, and the bank...
动词 v.
  1. To go grocery shopping. intransitive
    — We shopped and groceried on a cash basis, determined on that from the start.
  2. To furnish with groceries. transitive
    — Fifty-eight years of grocerying hotels, restaurants and institutions that feed many people

词形变化

groceries plural groceries present,singular,third-person grocerying participle,present groceried participle,past groceried past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English grocerye, equivalent to grocer + -y. Compare gross. Doublet of groceria.
词源 2
From Middle English grocerye, equivalent to grocer + -y. Compare gross. Doublet of groceria.
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