喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/ˈʃɑːpˌkiːpər/ · /ˈʃɒpˌkiːpə/店主；小店老闆

    Someone who owns a small shop, or who is in charge of running it — the person who decides what the shop sells, orders the goods, and opens and closes it each day.

    示範例句 · Example

    The shopkeeper knows every family on our street by name.

    逐字那位店主用名字認得我們這條街上的每一家人。

    shopkeeper 說的是「一家小店的老闆，或是負責管這家店的人」，重點在「這家店歸他管」：進什麼貨、幾點開門、東西怎麼擺，都是他決定。這個字可以想成 shop（店）＋ keeper（看著、顧著的人）合起來，keeper 那一半就帶著「顧好它」的味道，像 goalkeeper（守門員）、innkeeper（旅店老闆）也是同一個做法。英國比較常說 shopkeeper，美國多半說 storekeeper；至於在店裡幫客人拿東西、結帳的店員，英文是 shop assistant。

    常見搭配

    • a local shopkeeper

      在地的店家、街坊小店的老闆

      someone who owns a small shop in your own area

      A local shopkeeper offered to keep the parcel until Leo got home.

    • a small shopkeeper

      小本經營的店主

      someone who owns a shop with only one or two people working in it

      Small shopkeepers often know exactly what each customer likes.

    • ask the shopkeeper

      問老闆、跟老闆說

      to ask the person in charge of the shop for something or about something

      Ask the shopkeeper for a bag, please.

    • become a shopkeeper

      開始當店主、自己開店

      to start owning or running a small shop

      After ten years at the bakery, Ren became a shopkeeper himself.

    • behind the counter

      在櫃台後面（做事的那一側）

      on the working side of the counter, where the shopkeeper stands

      The shopkeeper stood behind the counter, writing down the new orders.

    用法接近

    shop assistantsales clerkmanagershoppercustomervendormarket tradershop

core核心畫面

shop + keep — the person who keeps a shop: holds it, tends it, keeps it running. Picture a small corner store where one person opens it in the morning, decides what goes on the shelves, and locks up at night.

一個字面上的組合：shop（店）＋ keep（看守、守著、維持著不讓它散掉）。keep 這個動作比較像「把某樣東西留在手上、照顧著、讓它一直運作下去」——所以 shopkeeper 就是那個守著一間店的人。想像一條老街上的雜貨店，早上是他把鐵門拉起來、晚上是他把燈關掉；架上少了什麼是他去補、賣什麼由他決定。這個字帶著「小店」的尺度感：不是連鎖超市的店長，而是店幾乎等於這個人的那種店。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

複數 shopkeepers

用法接近

shop assistantsales clerkmanagershoppercustomervendormarket tradershop

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

shopkeepernoun/ˈʃɒpkiːpə/

  • 1

    A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail, in distinction from one who sells by wholesale, or sells door to door.

    • The retail trade of the borough also suffered, for the shopkeepers found it difficult to attract the occupiers of the luxurious villas fast rising on Surbiton Hill, and the shops erected near the station [in Surbiton] made the competition still more keen.

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