➡ See also the entry for shed另见shed条warehouse ♦︎ depot ♦︎ repository ♦︎ store ♦︎ storehouse ♦︎ armoury ♦︎ arsenal ♦︎ storeroomThese are all words for a place where things can be kept.这些词均表示仓库、贮藏所。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a warehouse / depot / repository / store / storehouse for sth◆a repository / store / storehouse of sth◆a food / fuel / goods depot / store◆a storage / distribution warehouse / depot◆a grain warehouse / store◆an underground repository / store◆a repository / store / storehouse of knowledge◆a repository / storehouse of information◆sth is stored in a warehouse / depot / repository■warehouseˈweəhaʊs; NAmEˈwerhaʊs [countable] a building where large quantities of goods can be stored, especially before they are sent to shops to be sold仓库;货栈;货仓◆Police are investigating a fire at a furniture warehouse.警方正在调查发生在家具仓库的一起大火。■depotˈdepəʊ; NAmEˈdiːpoʊ [countable] a place where large quantities of sth, especially goods or equipment, can be stored贮藏处;仓库◆Experts are attempting to establish the cause of an explosion at an arms depot last night.专家们正设法弄清昨晚军械库爆炸的起因。■repositoryrɪˈpɒzətri; NAmErɪˈpɑːzətɔːri [countable] (formal) a place where large quantities of sth can be kept or stored仓库;贮藏所;存放处◆The foundation is the largest repository of the artist's work.该基金会藏有最多这位艺术家的作品。ⓘ Repository can also be used to mean 'a person, place or thing that is full of sth, especially information'. * repository还可指富有某物(尤其是信息)的人、地方或事物◆The database represents a huge repository of information.该数据库存有大量的信息。■store [countable] (often常作stores [plural]) (especially in compounds尤用于构成复合词) a place where goods of a particular kind are kept(贮藏某种特定物品的)仓库,贮藏所◆The mill ceased operations in 1940 and was used as a grain store.1940年面粉厂停工,厂区被用作粮库。◆They had trouble keeping rats out of the food stores.他们怎么也不能把老鼠从食品库赶走。NOTE辨析 Depot, respository or store?Depot is used more often than repository in the context of industry.在工业语境中,depot较repository常用◆There is an inadequate network of freight depots.货仓系统不能满足需要。Repository is often used in a figurative sense. * repository常用于比喻义◆His grandfather was a repository of local knowledge.他的祖父对当地情况无所不知。Store/stores is used especially in compounds, following the word for the thing that is kept in the store. * store/stores尤用于构成复合词,置于贮存的货品名称之后◆grain / food / weapons stores粮仓;食品库;武器库■storehouseˈstɔːhaʊs; NAmEˈstɔːrhaʊs [countable] a building where things are stored; a place or thing that has a lot of sth仓库;货栈;有大量⋯的地方(或事物)◆A quantity of oats had been stolen from one of the storehouses during the night.夜间有人从其中的一个仓库中盗走了大量的燕麦。◆This book is a storehouse of useful information.本书载有大量有用的信息。◆Italy is a storehouse of fine singers.意大利有许多杰出的歌唱家。■armoury (BrE) (NAmEarmory) ˈɑːməri; NAmEˈɑːrməri [countable] a place where weapons and armour are kept军械库◆Several guns had been stolen from the palace armoury.有人从王宫军械库盗走了几支枪。■arsenalˈɑːsənl; NAmEˈɑːrsənl [countable] a building where military weapons and explosives are made or stored兵工厂;武器库;军火库◆The building was used as an arsenal until the eighteenth century.这个建筑18世纪以前一直用作军火库。■storeroomˈstɔːruːm, ˈstɔːrʊm [countable] a room used for storing things贮藏室◆The room at the back was a storeroom for spare cables and lighting equipment.后面的房间是贮藏室,存放着备用电缆和照明设备。