grocery
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/
美 /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/|/ˈɡɹoʊ.ʃɹi/|/ˈɡɹəʉs.(ə.)ɹi/
英文释义
名词 n.
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Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.
— 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...
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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.
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To go grocery shopping.
— We shopped and groceried on a cash basis, determined on that from the start.
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To furnish with groceries.
— Fifty-eight years of grocerying hotels, restaurants and institutions that feed many people
词汇关系
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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