mall

noun

/mɔːl/, /mæl/

/mɔːl/

(also shopping mall)

(both especially North American English)

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a large building or covered area that has many shops, restaurants, etc. inside it购物商场；购物广场
- Let's go to the mall.我们去商场吧。
- Teenagers would go hang at the mall after school.放学后，青少年会去购物中心闲逛。
- Check out outlet malls (= ones which sell goods at reduced prices) and discount stores for good deals.逛逛直销店和折扣店。
- The friends were shopping at a mall in Columbus.朋友们正在哥伦布的一家商场购物。
compare arcade (3), shopping centre
Collocations Shopping
Shopping购物
- go/go out/be out shopping去／外出／在外购物
- go to (especially British English) the shops/(especially North American English) a store/(especially North American English) the mall去商店／商场
- do (British English) the shopping/(especially North American English) the grocery shopping/a bit of window-shopping购物；购买食品杂货；逛街浏览一下商店橱窗
- (North American English, informal) hit/hang out at the mall去逛商场；在商场闲逛
- try on clothes/shoes试穿衣服／鞋
- indulge in some retail therapy沉迷于购物疗法（疯狂购物以抚慰心灵）
- go on a spending spree痛痛快快地花一通钱
- cut/cut back on/reduce your spending减少花销
- be/get caught shoplifting在商店行窃被当场逮住
- donate something to/take something to/find something in (British English) a charity shop/(North American English) a thrift store把某物捐赠给／拿到慈善商店；在慈善商店发现某物
- buy/sell/find something at (British English) a car boot sale/(British English) a jumble sale/a garage sale/(North American English) a yard sale在后备箱旧货市场／旧杂物义卖／车库里进行的旧物销售／庭院拍卖会购买／出售／找到某物
- find/get/pick up a bargain找到／买到便宜货
At the shop/store在商店
- load/push/wheel (British English) a trolley/(North American English) a cart往手推车里装东西；推手推车
- stand in/wait in (British English) the checkout queue/(North American English) the checkout line排队付款
- (North American English) stand in line/ (British English) queue at the checkout在付款处排队
- bag (especially North American English) (your) groceries把食品杂货装进袋子
- pack (away) (especially British English) your shopping将所购之物打包
- stack/stock/restock the shelves at a store (with something)（把某物）放上／补齐放上商店的货架
- be (found) on/appear on supermarket/shop shelves
- be in/have in/be out of/run out of stock有货；脱销
- deal with/help/serve customers应付／帮助／服务顾客
- run a special promotion搞特别促销活动
- be on special offer正在搞特价优惠
Buying goods买商品
- make/complete a purchase采购
- buy/purchase something online/by mail order网购；邮购
- make/place/take an order for something订购某物
- buy/order something in bulk/in advance大批／提前购买／订购某物
- accept/take credit cards接受信用卡
- pay (in) cash/by (credit/debit) card/(British English) with a gift voucher/(North American English) with a gift certificate用现金／（信用／借记）卡／礼券支付
- enter your PIN number输入你的个人识别密码
- ask for/get/obtain a receipt索要／拿到收据
- return/exchange an item/a product退还／更换商品／产品
- be entitled to/ask for/demand a refund有资格要求／要求退款
- compare prices对比价格
- offer (somebody)/give (somebody)/get/receive a 30% discount给（某人）／得到 30% 的折扣
see also strip mall
Extra Examples
- They hit the mall for a wild shopping spree.他们去商城疯狂购物。
- ‘Where'd you get those earrings?’ ‘At the mall.’“你在哪儿买到那些耳环的？”“商场。”
- They reported him to mall security.他们向商城安保部门举报了他。
- The website is a virtual shopping mall.这个网站是一家虚拟商城。
- He operates phone repair kiosks in malls in Florida, Georgia and Virginia.他在佛罗里达、佐治亚和弗吉尼亚的商场里经营电话维修亭。
- Shoppers are flocking to Dubai's huge malls and supermarkets.购物者涌向迪拜的大型商场和超市。
Topics Shoppingb1, Buildingsb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- shopping
- strip
- outlet
- …
verb + mall
- hit
- visit
- hang out at
- …
mall + noun
- store
- parking lot
- food court
- …
preposition
- at the mall
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Word Originmid 17th cent.: probably a shortening of pall-mall, a 16th and 17th cent. game. The current sense dates from the 1960s.

MALL

abbreviation

/mɔːl/

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