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    A window-shopper is a person who looks at things in shop windows and displays without meaning to buy any of them. It is the person; the activity is window-shopping.

    A window-shopper is a person who looks at things in shop windows and displayswindow-shopper指的是看櫥窗和展示品的人, without meaning to buy any of them但沒打算買其中任何一樣. It is the person這個字指的是人, the activity is window-shopping這個行為則叫做window-shopping

    The tone is usually light and friendly — walking around, looking at nice things, enjoying it, going home with nothing. A shop owner might say it with a small sigh, because window-shoppers take up space and spend no money, but even then it is not a strong insult.

    The tone is usually light and friendly語氣通常是輕鬆友善的: walking around, looking at nice things, enjoying it, going home with nothing到處走走、看看好東西、享受這個過程,最後空手回家. A shop owner might say it with a small sigh店家講這個字時可能會帶點無奈的嘆氣, because window-shoppers take up space and spend no money因為window-shopper占了位置卻不花錢, but even then it is not a strong insult但就算如此也不算太重的批評

    The word has stretched with the times. It still fits someone past real shops, but people now use it for scrolling through an online store, filling a basket, and never buying, and 'window-shopper' works there too.

    The word has stretched with the times這個字隨著時代也延伸了意思. It still fits someone strolling past real shops它還是適用於在實體店面逛來逛去的人, but people now use it for scrolling through an online store, filling a basket, and never buying不過現在人們也用它形容在網路商店滑來滑去、把東西丟進購物車卻從不結帳的人, and 'window-shopper' works there too這種情況也適用「window-shopper」

    You will also meet the picture used outside shopping: someone who looks at a job, a house, or a relationship without ever committing is called a window-shopper. That use is figurative and slightly critical. The usual spelling has a , though 'window shopper' as two words is common and fine.

    You will also meet the picture used outside shopping你還會看到這個畫面用在購物以外的地方: someone who looks at a job, a house, or a relationship without ever committing is called a window-shopper一個看工作、看房子,或看感情對象卻始終不肯定下來的人,也會被叫做window-shopper. That use is figurative and slightly critical這種用法是比喻性的,帶點批評意味. The usual spelling has a hyphen常見的拼法中間有連字號, though 'window shopper' as two words is common and fine不過寫成兩個字的「window shopper」也很常見、沒問題

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組成'window' + 'shopper' — one who shops at the window, that is, at the glass rather than inside. Built from the activity 'window-shopping'; the -er ending makes the person who does it.

同家族的字

  • window-shoppingthe same compound; this is the activity, the other is the person
  • shopperthe same 'shop' + '-er', a person who shops

原始詞典資料1 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。

window-shoppernoun

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    A person who window-shops.

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