“买菜”英文怎么说?可不是buy vegetable
the food that you buy in a grocer's shop or supermarket 食品杂货
I'm gonna go grocery shopping. You guys want anything? 我要去买菜,你们想要什么吗?
"vegetable"是蔬菜的意思,"market"是市场,那么"vegetable market"就是菜市场? 其实这样翻译是错的。
我们说的菜市场其实就是相较于超市之外,专门卖蔬菜肉蛋等食物的地方。英语中有这样一个词:wet market,它在维基百科上的解释是:
A wet market (also called a public market or a traditional market) is a marketplace selling fresh foods such as meat, fish, produce and other consumption-oriented perishable goods in a non-supermarket setting, as distinguished from "dry markets" that sell durable goods such as fabrics, kitchenwares and electronics.
湿货市场(亦称公众市场或传统市场)是一个非超市的市场,出售新鲜食品,如肉类、鱼类、农产品和其他消耗性易腐品;与干货市场不同的是,干货市场出售耐用品,如织物、厨房用具和电子产品。
(图源:剑桥词典)