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work as a grocer
grocer 是可数名词，指零售食品的商人。
She works as a grocer in a small town.
她在一个小镇上当食品商。
食品商
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
食品商
a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs and some household supplies
She works as a grocer in a small town.
她在一个小镇上当食品商。
在食品杂货店零售食品和日用品的商人。
A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.
食品杂货零售商
a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)
出售食品杂货的零售店,即食品杂货店。
A retail store that sells groceries, a grocery store.
The grocer opens his shop at seven every morning.
这位食品杂货商每天早上七点开门营业。
I asked the grocer for some fresh vegetables.
我向食品杂货商要了一些新鲜蔬菜。
The grocers on our street always remember their regular customers.
我们这条街上的食品杂货商总是记得他们的老顾客。
grocer 是可数名词，指零售食品的商人。
She works as a grocer in a small town.
她在一个小镇上当食品商。
We buy fresh bread from the grocer every morning.
我们每天早上从食品商那里买新鲜面包。
复数形式是 grocers；表示泛指时通常不用冠词。
Grocers in this area sell imported foods.
这个地区的食品商出售进口食品。
Not this
I bought milk at the grocer.
Use this
I bought milk at the grocer's.
英语中表示“在某人开的店铺”要用名词所有格：the grocer's 是 the grocer's shop 的省略。介词 at 后只接 the grocer 指人，不能表示地点。
Not this
The grocer sells apple.
Use this
The grocer sells apples.
英语可数名词表类别时通常用复数（apples），而汉语名词没有复数形态变化，学习者容易漏掉词尾 -s。
Not this
He is grocer.
Use this
He is a grocer.
grocer 是可数名词单数，作表语表示职业时前面需要冠词 a；汉语说“他是食品商”没有冠词，所以容易漏掉。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
本地食品杂货商
I usually buy eggs from our local grocer.
我通常从我们本地食品杂货商那里买鸡蛋。
街角食品杂货商
The corner grocer knows every customer by name.
街角食品杂货商认识每一位顾客的名字。
乡村食品杂货商
The village grocer also delivers to nearby farms.
乡村食品杂货商也送货到附近的农场。
在线食品杂货商
Many people now order weekly food boxes from an online grocer.
现在许多人从在线食品杂货商那里订购每周的食品盒。
Use grocer naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
grocer的'gro'像grow（生长），'cer'像sir（先生）；想象一位先生店里食品会'生长'——他是食品商。
语域：neutral 常见场景：食品零售、日常购物、商业经营 指零售食品和日用品的店主，属于日常通用词，通常用于购物和店铺经营语境，正式与非正式场合都较自然。
与 grocer 真正押韵的是 grosser（/ˈɡroʊsər/）。saucer、dancer、cancer、juicer 虽都拼作 -cer，但元音不同，发音并不押韵；grocer 中的 c 发 /s/ 音，和 grosser 中的 ss 读音相同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.