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store S0782200 (stôr)n.1. A place where merchandise is offered for sale; a shop.2. A stock or supply reserved for future use: a squirrel's store of acorns.3. stores Supplies, especially of food, clothing, or arms.4. A place where commodities are kept; a warehouse or storehouse.5. A great quantity or number; an abundance.tr.v. stored, stor·ing, stores 1. To reserve or put away for future use.2. To fill, supply, or stock.3. To deposit or receive in a storehouse or warehouse for safekeeping.4. Computers To copy (data) into memory or onto a storage device, such as a hard disk.Idiom: in store1. Forthcoming: great trouble in store for her.2. In reserve; stored.
[Middle English stor, supply, from Old French estor, from estorer, to build, from Latin īnstaurāre, to restore; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
stor′a·ble adj.stor′er n.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | in store - in readiness; awaiting; "gave us a hint of the excitement that was in store for us"future - yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him" |
Translationsstore (stoː) noun1. a supply of eg goods from which things are taken when required. They took a store of dried and canned food on the expedition; The quartermaster is the officer in charge of stores. 貯存 贮存2. a (large) collected amount or quantity. He has a store of interesting facts in his head. 豐富 丰富3. a place where a supply of goods etc is kept; a storehouse or storeroom. It's in the store(s). 倉庫 仓库4. a shop. The post office here is also the village store; a department store. 百貨商店 百货商店 verb1. to put into a place for keeping. We stored our furniture in the attic while the tenants used our house. 貯藏 贮藏2. to stock (a place etc) with goods etc. The museum is stored with interesting exhibits. 存(有) 存（有） ˈstorage (-ridʒ) noun the act of storing or state of being stored. We've put our furniture into storage at a warehouse; The meat will have to be kept in cold storage (= stored under refrigeration). 保管 保管ˈstorehouse, ˈstoreroom nouns a place or room where goods etc are stored. There is a storeroom behind the shop. 倉庫 仓库in store1. kept or reserved for future use. I keep plenty of tinned food in store for emergencies. 備有 备有2. coming in the future. There's trouble in store for her! 就要來到的 就要来到的set (great) store by to value highly (eg a person's approval etc). 重視 重视store up to collect and keep (for future need). I don't know why she stores up all those old magazines. 收藏 收藏in store
in storeAwaiting (one); prepared (for one). No one knows what the future has in store. But we can try to prepare accordingly. There are many adventures in store for you, but first you must complete your training.See also: store*in store (for someone)awaiting someone in the future. (*Typically: be ~; hold something ~; lie ~.) None of us knows what lies in store for us tomorrow. Some good lies in store for me, I think.See also: storein store1. In readiness, in preparation for future use, as in I'm keeping several videos in store for your visit. Edmund Spenser used this idiom in The Faerie Queene (1590): "Then for her son . . . In her own hand the crown she kept in store." [1300s] 2. in store for. Forthcoming for, awaiting, as in There's trouble in store for you. [Mid-1600s] See also: store in store1. Forthcoming: great trouble in store for her.2. In reserve; stored.See also: storein store
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