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購物商場；購物廣場
- Let's go to the mall.我們去商場吧。
- Teenagers would go hang at the mall after school.放學後，青少年會去購物中心閒逛。
- Check out outlet malls (= ones which sell goods at reduced prices) and discount stores for good deals.逛逛直銷店和折扣店。
- The friends were shopping at a mall in Columbus.朋友們正在哥倫布的一家商場購物。
compare arcade (3), shopping centre
Collocations Shopping
Shopping購物
- go/go out/be out shopping去／外出／在外購物
- go to (especially British English) the shops/(especially North American English) a store/(especially North American English) the mall去商店／商場
- do (British English) the shopping/(especially North American English) the grocery shopping/a bit of window-shopping購物；購買食品雜貨；逛街浏覽一下商店櫥窗
- (North American English, informal) hit/hang out at the mall去逛商場；在商場閒逛
- try on clothes/shoes試穿衣服／鞋
- indulge in some retail therapy沉迷於購物療法（瘋狂購物以撫慰心靈）
- go on a spending spree痛痛快快地花一通錢
- cut/cut back on/reduce your spending減少花銷
- be/get caught shoplifting在商店行竊被當場逮住
- donate something to/take something to/find something in (British English) a charity shop/(North American English) a thrift store把某物捐贈給／拿到慈善商店；在慈善商店發現某物
- 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在後備箱舊貨市場／舊雜物義賣／車庫裏進行的舊物銷售／庭院拍賣會購買／出售／找到某物
- find/get/pick up a bargain找到／買到便宜貨
At the shop/store在商店
- load/push/wheel (British English) a trolley/(North American English) a cart往手推車裏裝東西；推手推車
- stand in/wait in (British English) the checkout queue/(North American English) the checkout line排隊付款
- (North American English) stand in line/ (British English) queue at the checkout在付款處排隊
- bag (especially North American English) (your) groceries把食品雜貨裝進袋子
- pack (away) (especially British English) your shopping將所購之物打包
- stack/stock/restock the shelves at a store (with something)（把某物）放上／補齊放上商店的貨架
- be (found) on/appear on supermarket/shop shelves
- be in/have in/be out of/run out of stock有貨；脫銷
- deal with/help/serve customers應付／幫助／服務顧客
- run a special promotion搞特别促銷活動
- be on special offer正在搞特價優惠
Buying goods買商品
- make/complete a purchase采購
- buy/purchase something online/by mail order網購；郵購
- make/place/take an order for something訂購某物
- buy/order something in bulk/in advance大批／提前購買／訂購某物
- 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用現金／（信用／借記）卡／禮券支付
- enter your PIN number輸入你的個人識别密碼
- ask for/get/obtain a receipt索要／拿到收據
- return/exchange an item/a product退還／更換商品／産品
- be entitled to/ask for/demand a refund有資格要求／要求退款
- compare prices對比價格
- offer (somebody)/give (somebody)/get/receive a 30% discount給（某人）／得到 30% 的折扣
see also strip mall
Extra Examples
- They hit the mall for a wild shopping spree.他們去商城瘋狂購物。
- ‘Where'd you get those earrings?’ ‘At the mall.’“你在哪兒買到那些耳環的？”“商場。”
- They reported him to mall security.他們向商城安保部門舉報了他。
- The website is a virtual shopping mall.這個網站是一家虛拟商城。
- He operates phone repair kiosks in malls in Florida, Georgia and Virginia.他在佛羅裏達、佐治亞和弗吉尼亞的商場裏經營電話維修亭。
- Shoppers are flocking to Dubai's huge malls and supermarkets.購物者湧向迪拜的大型商場和超市。
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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