the Japanese market日本市场a street market街头集市market ♦︎ mall ♦︎ shopping centre ♦︎ farmers' market ♦︎ strip mallThese are all words for an area where people meet to buy and sell goods.这些词均表示市场、集市、商场。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆at the market / mall / shopping centre◆a / an covered / indoor market / shopping centre◆to go to the market / mall / shopping centre■market [countable] an open area or building where people meet to buy and sell goods; an occasion when people meet to buy and sell goods市场;商场;集市◆We buy our fruit and vegetables at the market.我们在市场上购买水果和蔬菜。◆Thursday is market day in Poitiers.星期四是普瓦捷的赶集日。◆a fruit market水果市场◆a market stall集市货摊◆It's a busy market town(= a town in Britain where a regular market is or was held).这是个繁忙的集镇。■mall /mɔːl, BrE alsomæl/ ( ˈshopping mall) [countable] (especially NAmE) a large group of shops built together under one roof and closed to traffic购物商场;购物广场◆'Where'd you get those earrings?' 'At the mall.'“你在哪儿买到那些耳环的?”“商场。”◆Let's go to the mall.我们去商场吧。ⓘ Mall is used increasingly frequently in British English. A mall often contains restaurants, a cinema and other public entertainment facilities. * mall在英式英语中的使用越来越频繁。mall内常设有餐馆、电影院及其他公共娱乐设施。■ˈshopping centre (BrE) (NAmEshopping center) [countable] a group of shops built together, sometimes under one roof购物中心◆The two children were left unattended in the main shopping centre.那两个孩子被丢在主购物中心无人看管。ⓘ In American English a shopping center usually does not have one roof; if it does it is usually called a mall.在美式英语中,shopping center通常包含不止一栋建筑。若只有一栋建筑,通常称作mall。■ˈfarmers' market [countable] (especially NAmE) a market where you can buy fresh food directly from the grower农贸市场;农产品直销市场◆I bought some delicious strawberries at the farmers' market.我在农贸市场买了一些美味的草莓。■ˈstrip mall [countable] (NAmE, sometimesdisapproving) a small group of shops built in a line, with their own parking area(带停车场的)商店街,购物街◆It's just another of the many strip malls that are taking over the landscape.众多商业街正成为地区面貌的主导景观,那不过是新添的一条罢了。