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go to the mall
常用搭配，指去购物中心逛街或购物。
We went to the mall on Saturday.
我们星期六去了购物中心。
购物中心；商场
malls — plural of mall
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
购物中心；商场
a large building or area containing many shops, restaurants, and other businesses
We went to the mall on Saturday.
我们星期六去了购物中心。
封闭式购物中心
An enclosed shopping centre.
公共散步道；有荫蔽的平坦步道；散步场所
A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.
槌球游戏中使用的重木槌或木锤
A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.
On weekends, the mall is so crowded that we can hardly find a parking space.
周末商场里非常拥挤，我们几乎找不到停车位。
She bought a new coat at the mall near her office.
她在办公室附近的商场买了一件新外套。
Many malls now include cinemas and gyms to attract more visitors.
许多商场现在都设有电影院和健身房，以吸引更多顾客。
常用搭配，指去购物中心逛街或购物。
We went to the mall on Saturday.
我们星期六去了购物中心。
at 侧重地点，in 更强调在建筑物内部，两者常可互换。
She works at the mall.
她在购物中心工作。
shopping mall 在美国常见，英国更常说 shopping centre。
There is a new shopping mall downtown.
市中心有一座新的购物中心。
指禁止车辆通行的步行区，与购物中心不同义。
The city turned the main street into a pedestrian mall.
市政府把主街变成了步行街。
Not this
I go to mall every weekend.
Use this
I go to the mall every weekend.
mall 是可数名词，单独使用时常需要加限定词；表示“去商场”的惯用说法是 go to the mall，因此要加定冠词 the。
Not this
There are two mall near my home.
Use this
There are two malls near my home.
mall 是可数名词，two 后面要用复数形式 malls。汉语里“两个商场”没有复数标记，所以学习者容易漏掉词尾的 -s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
购物中心；大型商场
We spent the whole afternoon at the shopping mall.
我们整个下午都在购物中心度过。
在商场里
She ran into an old friend at the mall.
她在商场里偶遇了一位老朋友。
折扣商场；奥特莱斯
They bought discounted clothes at the outlet mall.
他们在折扣商场买了打折的衣服。
室内购物中心
The indoor mall is popular on rainy days.
下雨天室内购物中心很受欢迎。
商场保安；商场安保
Mall security escorted the lost child to the information desk.
商场保安把走失的孩子带到了服务台。
去商场
Let's go to the mall to buy a birthday gift.
我们去商场买个生日礼物吧。
爱泡商场的人（尤指年轻人）
He was a typical mall rat, spending every weekend at the shopping center.
他是个典型的商场迷，每个周末都泡在购物中心。
Use malls naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
购物中心中庭常有林荫树，'mall'既是商场，也是一条林荫步行道。
语域：mixed 常见场景：shopping malls and commercial areas、pedestrian walkways and parks 表示“购物中心”时，通常用于日常对话和商业场合；表示“林荫路”或“步行道”时，多用于正式或文学语境。
以上单词都与 mall 押韵（/ɔːl/）。注意拼写相似的 pal /pæl/ 和 shall /ʃæl/ 并不押韵，元音是 /æ/ 而不是 /ɔː/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.