资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shop \Shop\, n. [OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a
   storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a
   shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG.
   scopf.]
   1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs,
      etc., are sold by retail.

            From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with
            unfolded silks The polished counter.  --Cowper.

   2. A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe
      shop; a car shop.

            A tailor called me in his shop.       --Shak.

   Note: Shop is often used adjectively or in composition; as,
         shop rent, or shop-rent; shop thief, or shop-thief;
         shop window, or shop-window, etc.

   {To smell of the shop}, to indicate too distinctively one's
      occupation or profession.

   {To talk shop}, to make one's business the topic of social
      conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's
      employment. [Colloq.]

   Syn: Store; warehouse. See {Store}.