Word · Frequency #648
shopping
购物；逛商店
shopping is the present participle of shop.
To visit stores or shops to look at or buy things.
- 1.
To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.
逛商店或店铺以浏览或探索商品,尤其是打算购买这些商品。
- 2.
To browse or purchase products from (a catalog, an internet website, etc.), mostly from home.
从目录、互联网网站等浏览或购买产品,主要在家中进行。
网购；邮购；逛商店或店铺以浏览或探索商品,尤其是打算购买这些商品。；从目录、互联网网站等浏览或购买产品,主要在家中进行。；购物；到处寻找
In use
I usually shop at the local market on Saturday mornings.
She shops online for most of her clothes because she works full-time.
They shopped around for a cheaper laptop before deciding.
Verb forms
base shop · third person shops · -ing shopping · past shopped · past participle shopped
注意双写p
Connections
Collocations
- shop online
- 网上购物；网购
- I usually shop online because it saves time.我通常网购，因为这样省时。
- go shopping
- 去购物；逛街买东西
- We went shopping in the city center last Saturday.上周六我们去市中心逛街购物了。
- shop around
- 货比三家；到处比较价格
- You should shop around before buying a new phone.买新手机之前你应该货比三家。
- shop for
- 选购；逛着买
- I'm shopping for a birthday present for my sister.我在给我妹妹挑选生日礼物。
- shop till you drop
- 逛到筋疲力尽；疯狂购物
- You can shop till you drop at the new mall.你可以在新开的购物中心逛到筋疲力尽。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：shop 的 o 像商店橱窗，p 像购物袋，逛店购物就是 shop。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：in a store、online、by catalog shop 作动词时通常用于日常购物场景，比较常见于口语和一般书面语；逛实体店或网购都可以使用，语气自然中性。若需要特别正式的表达，也可考虑用 purchase，但 shop 本身并非俚语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with shop /ʃɒp/: stop, top, drop, cop, hop, pop. Beware the lookalikes ship /ʃɪp/ and shape /ʃeɪp/, which are spelled similarly but do not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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