Word · Frequency #20056
greengrocers
蔬菜水果商；菜贩
greengrocers is the plural of greengrocer.
a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables
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A common green cicada, Cyclochila australasiae, of eastern Australia.
澳大利亚东部常见的一种绿色蝉(Cyclochila australasiae)。
澳大利亚东部常见的一种绿色蝉(Cyclochila australasiae)。；蔬菜水果商；菜贩
In use
The greengrocer weighed the potatoes and told me the price.
I recommend asking the greengrocer which melons are sweetest.
Our local greengrocer orders fresh spinach every morning.
be a greengrocer
My uncle is a greengrocer in our town.
我叔叔是我们镇上的蔬菜水果商。
buy sth from the greengrocer
英式英语中，“the greengrocer's”（带撇号）也可以指蔬菜水果店。
We buy our fruit from the greengrocer.
我们的水果是从蔬菜水果商那里买的。
greengrocers sell...
Greengrocers sell fresh vegetables.
蔬菜水果商出售新鲜蔬菜。
Common mistakes
He is greengrocer at the local market.He is a greengrocer at the local market.
greengrocer 是可数名词单数，前面必须加冠词。中文没有冠词，所以学习者常遗漏，加 a 表示泛指一个蔬菜水果商。
I bought these vegetables at the greengrocer on the high street.I bought these vegetables at the greengrocer's on the high street.
greengrocer 指人，不指店铺。表示店铺要用所有格 greengrocer's，即 the greengrocer's shop 的省略；写成 at the greengrocer 会误以为是从商贩本人那里买。
Connections
Collocations
- local greengrocer
- 本地菜贩；街坊蔬菜水果商
- I get most of my vegetables from the local greengrocer.我大部分蔬菜都是从本地菜贩那里买的。
- corner greengrocer
- 街角的蔬菜水果商
- The corner greengrocer always saves the best fruit for me.街角的菜贩总是把最好的水果留给我。
- independent greengrocer
- 独立经营的蔬菜水果商
- Independent greengrocers offer fresher produce than many supermarkets.独立经营的菜贩提供的农产品比许多超市更新鲜。
- greengrocers and butchers
- 菜贩和肉贩
- Both the greengrocers and the butchers in our street know me by name.我们街上的菜贩和肉贩都认识我。
Idioms & figurative uses
- greengrocer's apostrophe
- 菜贩式撇号（错误地在名词复数后加 's）The sign “Carrot's 80p” is a classic example of the greengrocer's apostrophe.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
green（绿色）+ grocer（杂货商）：想象一家绿招牌的蔬果店，老板卖新鲜蔬菜水果。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：菜市场、街边蔬果店、日常购物对话 greengrocer 属于普通日常用语，多用于指卖新鲜水果和蔬菜的店主，在正式和口语场合均可使用。选用时注意它主要指经营果蔬零售的人。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common word rhymes with the whole word. The first syllable green /ɡriːn/ is a true sound match with green; the final chunk -grocer has the same spelling as grocer, but in greengrocer it is unstressed, so it is not a true rhyme. Lookalikes grease and greed start with /ɡriː/ like green but end differently; gross starts with /ɡrəʊ/, which is closer to the second part grocer than to green.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.