买菜是老百姓日常生活中必不可少的事情，但是一说到“买菜”的英文，你是不是想当然认为是“buy vegetables”？
vegetable是“蔬菜”的统称，buy vegetables的意思是“只买蔬菜”，但是除了素食主义者，大多数人买菜除了买蔬菜，也会买肉、蛋、禽类等，所以这么说是不准确的！那么，“买菜”用英文怎么说最合适呢？
01 buy groceries
【例】
There is no food at home. Didn't you
buy groceries today?
家里没有吃的了。你今天没买菜吗？
My parents gave me some money to
buy groceries.
我的父母给了我一些钱去买菜。
02 get groceries
【例】
I wrote down a note as a reminder to
get groceries after work.
我写了一张纸条，提醒自己下班后要去
买菜。
03 go/do grocery shopping
【例】
We need to do/go grocery shopping
because there is no food in the house.
我们需要去买些菜，因为家里没有吃的
了。
04 pick up groceries
【例】
Next time I'll try to pick up groceries
on the way home from work.
下次我会尽量下班回家顺便去买菜。
介绍几个可以买菜场地的英文表达
01 wet market
菜市场
【例】
The supermarket is at times as noisy
as a wet market, although thankfully
not as smelly.
超市有时候和菜市场一样吵，但是还好没
有那么臭。
02 vendor
小贩；摊主
【例】
For the past few days she's been
working as a street vendor, selling
fruit and vegetables.
几天来，她一直在街头卖水果和蔬菜。
03 stall
货摊，摊位
【例】
In the village market, the stalls are
piled high with local vegetables.
村子集市的摊位上高高地堆着当地产的蔬菜。
你学会了吗？
