开了一家夫妻店，怎么说英语才地道？mom-and-pop,husband and wife
夫妻开店，有很多个英语表达方法。这个说法比较有趣：mom-and-pop，注意这个用法只能放在名词前面。
ˌmom-and-'pop
◙adj
1. a mom-and-pop business is owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife
• 〔生意〕家庭经营的，夫妻经营的:
»a real mom-and-pop restaurant
一家真正的夫妻餐馆
mom-and-pop
/ˈmɑːmənˈpɑːp/ adj , always used before a noun
chiefly US : owned and run by a married couple or by a small number of people
Big department stores can drive mom-and-pop shops/stores out of business.
a mom-and-pop business that grew to become a large corporation
mom-and-pop
ˌmom-and-'pop
adjective
(NAmE) (of a shop / store or business 商店或企业) owned and run by a husband and wife, or by a family
夫妻(或家庭)经营的
husband and wife
我们还可以把husband and wife用作定语，修饰名词，像大家常说的“夫妻店”的英文就是husband and wife shop，如下面这个例句。
We had a husband and wife barber shop on campus.
我们学校里有一家夫妻美发店。
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