grocer

Word family noungrocerygrocergroceteria

Related topics: Occupations, Food

gro·cer /ˈɡrəʊsə $ ˈɡroʊsər/ noun [countableC]

1. BODFsomeone who owns or works in a shop that sells food and other things used in the home 食品杂货店店主[店员]

2. grocer’s SHOP/STOREa grocer’s shop 食品杂货店

Examples from the Corpus

grocer• Though rationing was in effect, Tish managed to get a huge steak from an admiring grocer down the street.• Chemists, grocers, clothing, footwear and leather shops say that sales improved significantly compared with a year ago.• From his doorway, the first grocer scowled at him.• A former grocer from Rector Street, at twenty he had gone bankrupt trying to run a cigar store on Pearl Street.• The man is oblivious to his living conditions and the fact his 9-year-old son begs food from the neighborhood grocer.• I would have to telephone the grocer, if I was to go on.• The four richest on paper are revealed as two press barons and two grocers.

Origin grocer

(1200-1300) Old French grossier “person who sells in large quantities”, from gros; → GROSS1

词汇	grocer
释义	grocer Word family noungrocerygrocergroceteria Related topics: Occupations, Food gro·cer /ˈɡrəʊsə $ ˈɡroʊsər/ noun [countableC] 1. BODFsomeone who owns or works in a shop that sells food and other things used in the home 食品杂货店店主[店员] 2. grocer’s SHOP/STOREa grocer’s shop 食品杂货店 Examples from the Corpus grocer• Though rationing was in effect, Tish managed to get a huge steak from an admiring grocer down the street.• Chemists, grocers, clothing, footwear and leather shops say that sales improved significantly compared with a year ago.• From his doorway, the first grocer scowled at him.• A former grocer from Rector Street, at twenty he had gone bankrupt trying to run a cigar store on Pearl Street.• The man is oblivious to his living conditions and the fact his 9-year-old son begs food from the neighborhood grocer.• I would have to telephone the grocer, if I was to go on.• The four richest on paper are revealed as two press barons and two grocers. Origin grocer (1200-1300) Old French grossier “person who sells in large quantities”, from gros; → GROSS1
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