mall

名词 n. 动词 v.
/mɔːl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct. Australia,Canada,New-Zealand,US,countable
    — The preliminary plans provide for one million square feet of selling space in three main buildings and a double row of shops along a central shopping mall.
  2. An enclosed shopping centre. countable,uncountable
    — Every day, at about the time the rest of us go to work, groups of retirees gather at many of America′s enclosed shopping malls.
  3. An alley where the game of pall mall was played. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  4. A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade. countable,uncountable
    — Part of the area was laid out in gravel walks, and planted with elms; and these convenient and frequented walks obtained the name of the City Mall.
  5. A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall. countable,uncountable
    — I also fell slightly; but his fall proving a severe one, he arose in wrath, and struck me with the mall which he held in his hand, until my blood flowed copiously […]
  6. The game of polo. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  7. An old game played with malls or mallets and balls; pall mall. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — But playing with the Boy ar Mall, (I rue the Time, and ever shall) I struck the Ball, I know not how
动词 v.
  1. to beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise
  2. to build up with the development of shopping malls
  3. to shop at the mall informal

词形变化

malls plural malls present,singular,third-person malling participle,present malled participle,past malled past

词源

词源 1
Probably from The Mall, a major street in London, England, which was originally a pall mall alley.
词源 2
Probably from The Mall, a major street in London, England, which was originally a pall mall alley.
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