corner shop

英 [ˈkɔːnə ʃɒp]

美 [ˈkɔːrnər ʃɑːp]

n.  (尤指住宅区附近的)小商店，街头小店

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指住宅区附近的）小商店，街头小店
  a small shop that sells food, newspapers, cigarettes, etc., especially one near people's houses

柯林斯词典

• 街头小店;小商店
  Acorner shopis a small shop, usually on the corner of a street, that sells mainly food and household goods.

in AM, use 美国英语用 corner store

双语例句

• They live in a remote corner of scotland, miles from the nearest shop.
  他们住在苏格兰的一个偏僻的角落，离最近的商店也要好几英里。
• The lesson from Britain is that once the debate about Europe is framed in terms of entries in the ledger of a corner shop, the battle is lost.
  来自英国的教训是，一旦用小店式的斤斤计较来框定关于欧洲的辩论，这场战斗就输了。
• She can cash it at the corner sweet shop.
  她就可以在街角的糖果店兑现了。
• He sees government finances as akin to those of a corner shop whose outgoings must not exceed its incomings – the difference being that cost-cutting by the shopkeeper is unlikely to affect the prosperity of his customers.
  在他看来，政府就像某个街角小商店一样，支出绝不能超过收入。二者的区别就在于，商店老板削减成本，不大可能会影响顾客们的荷包。
• I have a letter from the people who used to own the corner shop.
  我收到从前街角那家商店的老板寄来的一封信。
• State lawmakers in2009 altered existing liquor laws in a way that lessened the financial burden on small distilleries, paving the way for the Dark Corner Distillery to set up shop.
  2009年州立法部修改了酿酒法，减轻了小型酿酒作坊的财务负担，也为暗角酿酒坊的实现扫清了道路。
• Street food culture is a way of living in Malaysia. You can buy string, glue, paper-clips and suchlike ( items) at the corner shop.
  对自小在马来西亚长大的我，街边小食是生活中很重要的一部分。在街角小店里可以买到细绳、胶水、回形针之类的东西。
• Imagine a corner shop that is not doing well. At best it cannot provide its owner with a minimum standard of living. At worst it cannot even cover its costs and is kept going by loans and donations from relations, friends and well-wishers.
  假设一家街角小店生意不好，那么最好的情况是，它只是无法帮店主满足最低生活标准，而最糟糕的情况是，它入不敷出，只能靠贷款以及亲戚朋友和好心人的捐助运营。
• I'll just pop my coat on and go to the corner shop.
  我很快地穿上外套，前往那拐角上的商店。
• She rarely ventured outside, except when she went to stock up on groceries at the corner shop.
  她很难得冒险外出，除非要去街角商店置办食品杂货。