說到超市相信大家

反應就是”supermarket”

大多數英語國家也都這么說

但是身邊的老美說supermarket這個詞

他們稱超市為grocery store

國人也形象統稱為Big Box

比如Walmart(沃爾瑪），Costco（好士多）, Sam’s Club（山姆）

這些店的特點是規模大、種類多，從食物到生活用品，家居電器和甚至汽車配件等都可買到。一般分布在城市的邊緣，交通方便，價格實惠。比如說家里食物都吃光了，牙膏、廁紙等這些日用品也用完了，我們需要去超市買日用品和食物，可以說：I need to do grocery shopping.

購買食物和日用品統稱：do grocery shopping.

Go shopping一般指去買衣服、鞋子等除食物和日用品之外的東西，去grocery store買回來的東西統稱為groceries

①supermarket /?su?.p??mɑ?.k?t/超級市場，超市

英文釋義：a large shop/store that sells food, drinks and goods used in the home. People choose what they want from the shelves and pay for it as they leave.

實用例句：

1）He works on the checkout at the local supermarket.

他在本地的超市當收銀員。

2）The new supermarket is really going to clobber the small local shops.

新開的超市真的讓本地的小賣部很難生存下去。

②grocery store （美國）超市，雜貨店

*grocery [?gro?s?ri] 食品雜貨

英文釋義：A shop/store that sells food and other things used in the home. In American English”grocery store”is often used to mean”supermarket”.

去超市：go to the grocery store

去超市買東西：go grocery shopping

我要去超市的四種表達：

①I have to stop at the grocery store.

② I need to pick up some groceries.

③I need to go grocery shopping.

④ I need to go to the grocery store.

實用例句：

1）I worked stocking shelves in a grocery store .

我在一家雜貨店工作，負責為貨架上貨。

2）After school, I had picked up Ted and made the rounds of the dry cleaner and the grocery store .

放學以后，我接了特德，然后又去了干洗店和雜貨店。

In American, we generally use the term “gocery store”, we don’t often use the term “supermarket”.（在美國，我們一般說 “gocery store”，很少說”supermarket”.）