音标:英 /ˈʃɒpɪŋ kɑːt/,美 /ˈʃɑːpɪŋ kɑːrt/
词性:名词短语
核心含义:指超市、商场等线下场景中用于临时存放商品的金属或塑料手推车,也可指电商网站中临时存储待购商品的虚拟功能模块。其设计初衷是为了方便购物者携带多件商品,提升购物效率。
线下购物工具
在实体超市中,购物车通常有四个小轮子,容量较大,适合家庭采购大量商品。例如:“The man took the baby to the supermarket and put him in the shopping cart.”(男子带婴儿去超市,把孩子放进了购物车)。美式英语中常用“shopping cart”,英式英语则更倾向于“shopping trolley”。
线上购物功能
在电商平台中,购物车是核心交互模块,用户可将商品加入其中暂存,最终统一结算。例如:“A user experience designer could help to improve a person's experience with... a shopping cart.”(用户体验设计师可优化购物车等功能的使用体验)。线上购物车常涉及“abandoned shopping cart”(购物车放弃率)等电商术语,指用户未完成结算就离开的行为。
add to shopping cart:加入购物车(线上操作),如“B5 User adds the book to a shopping cart.”(用户将书加入购物车)
shopping cart recovery:购物车恢复(电商术语,指通过邮件等方式召回放弃结算的用户)
perpetual shopping cart:持久化购物车(用户登录后仍能看到之前添加的商品)
Put the food in the shopping cart.(把这些食物放进购物车。)
At any time the user can check the items in the shopping cart.(用户可随时查看购物车中的商品。)
Maybe we should get a shopping cart.(或许我们该推一辆购物车。)
Look at your checkout funnel to see if there are any places where many new customers abandon their shopping cart.(检查结账流程,找出导致新客户放弃购物车的环节。)
The shopping cart is an integral part of any online shop experience.(购物车是线上商店体验的核心部分。)
First you select your choices, then put them into the shopping cart.(先选择商品,再加入购物车。)
I helped my mom wheel the shopping cart while she picked the items.(妈妈挑选商品时,我帮她推购物车。)
They add the items to be purchased to the online shopping cart.(他们将待购商品加入线上购物车。)
For example, do you have any sort of shopping cart or shopping bag?(比如,你们有购物车或购物袋吗?)
Let’s get a shopping cart for all these groceries.(买这么多东西得推个购物车。)
除常规购物外,“shopping cart”还可用于比喻或创意场景,如“Hold indoor shopping cart races.”(举办室内购物车竞速赛),或描述“cloud shopping cart”(云购物车,跨设备同步的购物数据)。
从实体推车到虚拟功能,“shopping cart”已成为连接线下消费与线上经济的标志性词汇,其设计细节(如容量、可见性)直接影响购物体验。下次使用时,你会更关注它的实体形态还是线上功能呢?