mall

英 [m?l; m??l; m?l] 美[m?l]

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復數:?malls;

1. 妹妹們全都去購物中心了。

mall 鐵圈球場，林蔭路，步行街，購物中心

詞源同mallet,錘子。來自18世紀倫敦街道名The Mall,槌球街，來自于當時流行的一種槌球游戲pall-mall,鐵圈球運動。因這條街由槌球場改造而成，后作為游人休閑散步的林蔭道。后用于指現代城市的步行街或大型購物中心。

mall: mall: see mallet
mall (n.): 1737, "shaded walk serving as a promenade," generalized from The Mall, name of a broad, tree-lined promenade in St. James's Park, London (so called from 1670s, earlier Maill, 1640s), which was so called because it formerly was an open alley that was used to play pall-mall, a croquet-like game involving hitting a ball with a mallet through a ring, from French pallemaille, from Italian pallamaglio, from palla "ball" (see balloon) + maglio "mallet" (see mallet). Modern sense of "enclosed shopping gallery" is from 1962 (from 1951 in reference to city streets set aside for pedestrians only). Mall rat is from 1985.

1. There are 40 shops, cafes and restaurants in a covered mall.: 這家室內購物中心里有40家商店、咖啡館和飯店。

2. Plans to build a new mall were deep-sixed after protests from local residents.: 修建新室內購物中心的計劃由于當地居民反對而擱淺。

5. MAX - MALL store, hotel for office necessary, brings a commercial leisure body the brand - new experience.: MAX -MALL 將商鋪、酒店為寫字樓配套, 帶來商務休閑一體的全新體驗.