喜樂美語
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    nA2

    /ˈʃɑːpər/ · /ˈʃɒpə/

    Someone who goes to shops looking for things to buy.

    購物者

    複數 shoppers

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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核心畫面

Picture the people moving through a shopping street on a Saturday — bags, windows, looking as much as buying. The word names them by what they are doing right now, not by what they bought: someone counts as a shopper the moment they are out looking, even if they go home empty-handed.

可以想成：週六逛街的人潮——提著袋子、看著櫥窗，看的成分和買的成分一樣多。這個字是照「他現在正在做的事」來稱呼人，不…更多收起可以想成：週六逛街的人潮——提著袋子、看著櫥窗，看的成分和買的成分一樣多。這個字是照「他現在正在做的事」來稱呼人，不是照他買了什麼：一個人只要出門在看，就算是 shopper，就算最後空手回家也一樣。這跟 customer（有交易關係的顧客）和 buyer（真的買了的人）不同。

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

shoppernoun/ˈʃɒp.ə/

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    A person who shops.

    • The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.
    • On November 29 1952, a special train ran from Sunderland to Leeds for Christmas shoppers and those attending a Leeds vs. Brentford match. It caused controversy, with Sunderland traders protesting that their shops were just as good as those in Leeds.
  • 2

    A free local newspaper containing advertisements for local shops etc; sometimes includes discount coupons.

  • 3

    A kind of bicycle suited to riding short distances.

    • Every conceivable type of cycle's represented; modern stripped down carbon fibre race bikes, state of the art touring machines and humble shoppers, tandems, tandem trikes, racing trikes and shopping trikes, mountain and BMX bikes.
  • 4

    A plastic shopping bag.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。