“买菜”的英语，你是不是会想当然地以为是“buy vegetables”？
“vegetable”是“蔬菜”的统称，“buy vegetables”的意思是“只买菜”，范围缩小了，那我们平常买菜不单单只是买菜，还是肉类或蛋类食品。
buy groceries 买菜；买食品杂货
grocery的中文意思是：
n.食品杂货；食品杂货店（主卖副食品，比超市小）
英文释义如下：
the food that you buy in a grocer's shop or supermarket
英式英语是“grocery shop”，而美式英语则是“grocery store”。
There's no food in the house. Didn't you buy groceries today?
家里没有吃的了。你今天没买菜吗？
还可以说“get groceries”
I wrote down a note as a reminder to get groceries after work.
我写了一张纸条， 提醒我下班后要去购物。
do/go grocery shopping 去买菜
We need to do/go grocery shopping because there is no food in the house.
我们需要去买些食品杂货，因为家里没有吃的了。
We were out grocery shopping, as we do every other day.
有一天，和往常一样，我们去买菜。
相关表达：
grocery list 买菜清单
grocery delivery 买菜外送
grocery budget 买菜预算
除了“buy groceries”，还有一种更接地气的说法“wet market”，我们可以直接翻译成“菜市场”。
wet market: especially in Asia, a market where fresh meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, and sometimes live animals are sold to the public.
菜市场：尤其是在亚洲，向公众出售新鲜的肉、鱼、水果、蔬菜，有时还有活物的市场。
国家鼓励“地摊经济”，那“摊主”“摊位”“摆地摊”等用英语怎么说？
vendor /ˈven.dɚ/ 小贩；摊主；卖主
For the past few months she's been working as a street vendor, selling fruit and vegetables.
几个月以来，她一直在街头卖水果和蔬菜。
peddler /ˈped.lɚ/（尤指旧时沿街叫卖的）小贩
Tom's always busy as a peddler working on some project or another.
汤姆总是像小贩一样忙着做某个项目。
hawker /ˈhɑː.kɚ/ 小商贩
It was a visitor and not a hawker or tramp at the door.
来的是客人，不是小贩或者流浪汉。
booth /buːθ/（集市、展览会等处半封闭的）小棚子，小帐篷，小间
Maybe you've been by our booth.
你可能去过我们的摊位。
stall /stɑːl/ 货摊，摊位；售货亭
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。
run a stall 摆地摊
He runs a fruit and vegetable stall in the market.
他在市场里经营一个水果和蔬菜摊。
