◙ noun 1. (也作 shopping mall)a large enclosed shopping area from which traffic is excluded • （禁止车辆入内的）商店区，室内购物中心 2. a sheltered walk or promenade • （有遮蔽设施的）人行道；散步场所 3. (historical). another term for the gamepall-mall • [史] 同pall-mall an alley used for this • 铁圈球球场
【语源】
1. mid 17th cent. (in sense 3): probably a shortening of pall-mall. Sense 2 derives from The Mall, a tree-bordered walk in St James's Park, London, so named because it was the site of a pall-mall alley. Sense 1 dates from the 1960s