corner shop

英 [ˈkɔːnə ʃɒp]

美 [ˈkɔːrnər ʃɑːp]

n.  (尤指住宅区附近的)小商店，街头小店

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指住宅区附近的）小商店，街头小店
  a small shop that sells food, newspapers, cigarettes, etc., especially one near people's houses

柯林斯词典

• 街头小店;小商店
  Acorner shopis a small shop, usually on the corner of a street, that sells mainly food and household goods.

in AM, use 美国英语用 corner store

双语例句

• She rarely ventured outside, except when she went to stock up on groceries at the corner shop.
  她很难得冒险外出，除非要去街角商店置办食品杂货。
• The customer was on the telephone in the corner of the shop.
  那名客人正在店里的角落讲电话。
• You get a much bigger choice of things at a supermarket than you do at the local corner shop.
  你在超市比在当地街头小店购物选择的范围大得多。
• He sees government finances as akin to those of a corner shop whose outgoings must not exceed its incomings – the difference being that cost-cutting by the shopkeeper is unlikely to affect the prosperity of his customers.
  在他看来，政府就像某个街角小商店一样，支出绝不能超过收入。二者的区别就在于，商店老板削减成本，不大可能会影响顾客们的荷包。
• She can cash it at the corner sweet shop.
  她就可以在街角的糖果店兑现了。
• The corner shop owner knew who liked a particular brand of jam and kept it in stock for them.
  街角小店的店主知道哪些顾客喜欢某个特定品牌的果酱，因此会为他们留一些货。
• You can buy string, glue, paper-clips and suchlike items at the corner shop.
  在街角小店里可以买到细绳、胶水、回形针之类的东西。
• I bought a pack of green tea in the corner shop.
  我在住宅区附近的小卖铺买了一包绿茶。
• Friends of mine, husband and wife, once argued over the price of a branded packet of lemon slices bought at some convenient corner shop or petrol station.
  有一次，我朋友俩口子围绕在街边便利店或加油站购买的一包品牌柠檬片价格展开了争论。
• The corner shop is convenient if you forget to get something in town, although you pay through the nose for anything you buy there.
  如果你在镇上忘了买什么，在这个拐角商店里可非常方便地买到，不过价钱要贵很多。