store

1、store 储存：古法语 estorer「建造、装备、备足」，拉丁 instaurare「重修、备办」= in- + 词根 sta-「站立、放置」，同 stand、stall。
2、英语原先写作 astor(储备)，前头的 a- 掉了才成了 store。
3、「商店」这个意思在美国英语里出现——存货的地方；restore、restaurant 都同根。

store 贮存，贮藏，存储，商店，店铺，仓库

来自古法语 estorer,建造，修复，储存，贮藏，来自拉丁语 instaurare,修复，安装，存储，来 自 in-,进入，-staur,放置，来自 PIE*sta,站立，建立，词源同 stand,stall.引申诸相关词义。

store

store: [13] Store is a shortened version of the now defunct astor ‘supplies, stock of provisions’. This was borrowed from Old French estor, a derivative of estorer ‘build, restore, furnish, stock’, which in turn came from Latin instaurāre ‘renew, repair, restore’ (source also of English restaurant and restore, and possible relative of Greek stavrós ‘stake, pale’). The use of store for ‘shop’ arose in American English in the early 18th century.
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store (v.)

mid-13c., "to supply or stock," from Old French estorer "erect, construct, build; restore, repair; furnish, equip, provision," from Latin instaurare "restore, renew, repair, make," in Medieval Latin also "to provide, store," from in- "in" + -staurare, from PIE *stau-ro-, suffixed extended form of root *sta- "to stand" (see stet, and compare restore). The meaning "to keep in store for future use" (1550s) probably is a back-formation from store (n.). Related: Stored; storing.

store (n.)

c. 1300, "supplies or provisions for a household, camp, etc.," from store (v.) or else from Old French estore "provisions; a fleet, navy, army," from estorer or from Medieval Latin staurum, instaurum "store." General sense of "sufficient supply" is attested from late 15c. The meaning "place where goods are kept for sale" is first recorded 1721 in American English (British English prefers shop (n.)), from the sense "place where supplies and provisions are kept" (1660s).

The word store is of larger signification than the word shop. It not only comprehends all that is embraced in the word shop, when that word is used to designate a place in which goods or merchandise are sold, but more, a place of deposit, a store house. In common parlance the two words have a distinct meaning. We speak of shops as places in which mechanics pursue their trades, as a carpenter's shop a blacksmith's shop a shoemaker's shop. While, if we refer to a place where oods and merchandise are bought and sold, whether by wholesale or retail, we speak of it as a store. [C.J. Brickell, opinion in Sparrenberger v. The State of Alabama, December term, 1875]

Stores "articles and equipment for an army" is from 1630s. In store "laid up for future use" (also of events, etc.) is recorded from late 14c. Store-bought is attested from 1912, American English; earlier store-boughten (1872).

1. Jim Coulters will mind the store while I'm away.

我不在的时候吉姆·库尔特斯会照看店铺的。

2. Who knows what lies in store for the President?

谁知道总统将要面临什么？

3. My boyfriend and I robbed a store and were caught red-handed.

我和男朋友去抢劫一家商店，被当场逮到了。

4. They wandered off in the direction of the nearest store.

他们信步朝最近的商店走去。

5. A toy store has marked down the Sonic Hedgehog computer game.

一家玩具店降低了电脑游戏《刺猬索尼克》的售价。

【shop, store, department】
这组词都有“商店”的意思，其区别是：
shop: 指规模较小，出售同一类商品的店铺。
store: 在美国指出售同一类商品的小型商店。在英国用复数形式表示百货商店。
department: 作商店解时，是美国英语，通常写为department store。

【conserve, store, save, maintain, preserve】
这组词都有“保存，储藏”的意思，其区别是：
conserve: 较正式用词，指小心地使用难以补充的资源或贵重物，免遭浪费或毁坏，以备不时之需。
store: 普通用词，指将物品存放，以备将来使用。
save: 普通用词，指尽量少用，以争取数量上有所增加。
maintain: 指保持原样，不增不减
preserve: 侧重将物品完好无损地保存下来。