不含液體、耐放的貨
最貼著字面的一堆：判斷標準就是「乾不乾」。
noun · B2
Goods that contain no liquid, such as tea, coffee, and tobacco; in everyday use, dry food that can be carried and stored without going bad quickly.
乾貨；不含液體的貨品
核心畫面
Picture the back room of an old shop, where the stock has been sorted into piles. One pile is anything that pours or spoils, and it needs care. The other pile is everything dry: it can sit on a shelf, be carried a long way, and still be fine next month. Dry goods names that second pile. Which things ended up in it depends on where the shop was, which is where the two meanings part.
可以想成一間老店的後間，貨被分成幾堆。一堆是會流、會壞的東西，需要特別照顧。另一堆是乾的：可以放在架上、可以搬很遠，…更多收起
可以想成一間老店的後間，貨被分成幾堆。一堆是會流、會壞的東西，需要特別照顧。另一堆是乾的：可以放在架上、可以搬很遠，下個月拿出來還是好的。dry goods 指的就是第二堆。至於哪些東西被放進那一堆，要看這間店開在哪裡——兩個意思就是在這裡分岔的。Two branches
美式店鋪分類：布做的商品
同樣是「不是液體」的那一堆，但這條走進了美國商店的貨品分類，於是那一堆裡裝的變成布、衣服和床單。
noun · B2
In American English, goods made from cloth that a shop sells, such as clothes, sheets, and curtains.
布品雜貨（美式）