grocer

[US]/ˈɡrəʊsə(r)/
[UK]/ˈɡroʊsər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 食品杂货商 卖食品和生活必需品的商店。
Word Forms
复数grocers

Example Sentences

That grocer always overcharges.

那个杂货商总是要高价。

Send round to the grocer's for a tin of biscuits.

叫人到食品店去买一听饼干。

The grocer sells wine and spirits.

这位食品商出售葡萄酒和烈性酒。

Go down to the grocer's and get some sugar.

去杂货店给我买点糖来。

I started work in the employ of a grocer and wine merchant.

受雇于一个杂货和酒类经销商,我开始上班了。

A grocer used to need to know how to blend tea.

杂货商以往都必须知道如何混合茶叶。

The family ran a small grocer’s for years, but when the old man died they shut up shop.

这家人开小杂货店好多年了,可是老人死后,他们就把店给关了。

Real-world Examples

The food at this grocer's is fresh.

这家食品杂货店的食物很新鲜。

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book One.

198. The gross grocer crossed his legs before the boss.

粗鄙的杂货商在老板面前翘起了二郎腿。

Source: Remember 7000 graduate exam vocabulary in 16 days.

Restaurants and grocers often do the same.

餐厅和杂货店也经常这样做。

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

She was the daughter of a grocer.

撒切尔是食品商的女儿。

Source: NPR News July 2016 Compilation

But the incentives for grocers to press ahead are huge.

但杂货商推进这一进程的动力是巨大的。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

We bought this from the grocer in Walden.

这是我们从瓦尔登杂货店里买的。

Source: Victoria Kitchen

In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.

借着电筒光。他看见一个人,马上认出那是本地杂货店店主比尔.威尔金斯。

Source: New Concept English. British Edition. Book Three (Translation)

I'm very lucky I have a good grocer nearby so I can buy packeted gelatine in sheets.

我很幸运,附近有不错的杂货店,能很方便买到一包包片装的吉利丁片。

Source: Victoria Kitchen

I didn't find any at the grocer's.

蔬菜店里没有卖了。

Source: Crazy English 900 Sentences

In 2017 Amazon sent shivers down American grocers' spines by buying Whole Foods.

2017年,亚马逊收购了Whole Foods超市,令美国杂货商胆战心惊。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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