store/stɔːʳ/

n C

1. 百货公司；百货商店

• At Christmas the stores stay open very late. 圣诞节期间百货商店都很晚才关门。

2. 美 店铺，小店

• a drug store 药店

• I need to go to the store for some milk. 我得去商店买点牛奶。

3. 贮藏；储存

• have a good store of food in the fridge 冰箱里储备了大量食物

• Half of our stock is for use, and the other half for store. 我们的存货一半供使用，另一半供储存。

4. 仓库；储藏室

• a grain store 粮食仓库

5. [～s] 储存品；备用品

• military stores 军需品

词组in store

1. 储存着，贮藏着

• If the electricity goes off, we have candles in store. 如果断电的话，我们还有储备的蜡烛。

2. 即将发生

• I can see trouble in store. 我预见到以后要有麻烦。

set (或put, lay) store by (或on) 重视

• I don't set store by weather forecasts. 我认为天气预报靠不住。