喜樂美語
  1. 1nA2/ˈʃɑːpər/ · /ˈʃɒpə/購物者

    Someone who goes to shops looking for things to buy.

    示範例句 · Example

    The streets were crowded with holiday shoppers.

    逐字街道被假期購物者擠滿了。

    「shopper」指「正在店裡找東西、想買東西的人」，中文最自然是「購物者」。核心畫面可以想成「帶著購物任務在逛店的人」——重點在逛、找、比較，不一定已經付錢。跟 customer 分開：customer 常指「這家店／這家公司的客人」，比較像買賣關係；shopper 比較像「人潮裡正在購物的那個人」。跟 client 分開：client 是找專業人士付錢做事的人；跟 consumer 分開：consumer 多半講「一群買家」的權利或習慣，比較抽象。

    常見搭配

    • Christmas / holiday shoppers

      聖誕／假期購物者

      people out buying gifts or goods around a holiday

      The mall filled with Christmas shoppers after school.

    • crowded with shoppers

      擠滿購物者

      full of people who are shopping

      The night market was crowded with shoppers on Saturday.

    • shoppers buy something

      購物者買某物

      people who are shopping purchase goods

      Many shoppers buy snacks before they leave the store.

    • an online shopper

      線上購物者；網購者

      someone who looks for and buys things on the internet

      Online shoppers can compare prices in one minute.

    • a window shopper

      只逛不買的人；櫥窗逛街者

      someone who looks at shop windows but does not buy

      Dad was a window shopper until Mum found the right bag.

    • a keen / careful shopper

      積極／謹慎的購物者

      someone who shops with energy or with careful checks

      A careful shopper reads the label before paying.

    意思相反

    sellervendor

core核心畫面

Picture the people moving through a shopping street on a Saturday — bags, windows, looking as much as buying. The word names them by what they are doing right now, not by what they bought: someone counts as a shopper the moment they are out looking, even if they go home empty-handed.

可以想成：週六逛街的人潮——提著袋子、看著櫥窗，看的成分和買的成分一樣多。這個字是照「他現在正在做的事」來稱呼人，不是照他買了什麼：一個人只要出門在看，就算是 shopper，就算最後空手回家也一樣。這跟 customer（有交易關係的顧客）和 buyer（真的買了的人）不同。

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 shoppers

意思相反

sellervendor

原始詞典資料4 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。

shoppernoun/ˈʃɒp.ə/

  • 1

    A person who shops.

    • The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.
    • On November 29 1952, a special train ran from Sunderland to Leeds for Christmas shoppers and those attending a Leeds vs. Brentford match. It caused controversy, with Sunderland traders protesting that their shops were just as good as those in Leeds.
  • 2

    A free local newspaper containing advertisements for local shops etc; sometimes includes discount coupons.

  • 3

    A kind of bicycle suited to riding short distances.

    • Every conceivable type of cycle's represented; modern stripped down carbon fibre race bikes, state of the art touring machines and humble shoppers, tandems, tandem trikes, racing trikes and shopping trikes, mountain and BMX bikes.
  • 4

    A plastic shopping bag.

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