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

• Our little corner shop is no longer a paying concern, ie is no longer profitable.
  我们这个街头小店已赚不到钱了。
• Ah! yes, at the corner of a street; I can see the shop.
  啊，对，在一条街的拐角上，我想起那铺子了。
• 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。
• The customer was on the telephone in the corner of the shop.
  那名客人正在店里的角落讲电话。
• 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。
• 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。
• At a corner of Sixth Avenue he saw a brightly-lit shop window.
  在第六大街的拐角处，他看到了个灯火通明的橱窗。
• We prefer the small corner shop to the large supermarket.
  与大型超级市场相比，我们更喜欢那家拐角小商店。
• We walked to a corner malt shop and sat down on a couple of swiveling stools while we enjoyed our drinks.
  我们走到了一个拐角处的一间麦芽店，坐在两个转动椅上喝着我们的饮料。
• 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。