window-shop
verb [ I or T ] uk/ˈwɪn.dəʊˌʃɒp/ us/ˈwɪn.doʊˌʃɑː.p/ -pp-
橱窗观光(只看不买);逛街
to spend time looking at the goods on sale in shop windows without intending to buy any of them
They go to the shopping centre just to window-shop. 他们去购物中心只是为了去过过眼瘾。
They spent the day window-shopping together in Paris. 他们一起在巴黎逛了一整天街。
I like to window-shop designer clothes. 我喜欢在橱窗里看看名牌服装。
See: window shopping
- More examples
- They want to window-shop with friends before strolling to dinner or a movie.
- People crowd the glittering neon shopping districts at night to window-shop and people-watch.
- We window-shopped luxury items, and shopped for more realistically-priced goods.