“当铺”常见的英文表达是 “pawnshop”(也可写作“pawn shop”),指专门接受抵押品并放款,或收购二手物品的店铺。
此外,在一些语境中,“pawnbroker's shop” 也可表达类似意思,其中 “pawnbroker” 指当铺老板或经营当铺业务的人。
例如:
He needed some quick cash, so he took his watch to the pawnshop.(他急需一些现金,所以把表拿到当铺去了。)
The old pawnshop in the alley has a lot of interesting antiques.(小巷里那家老当铺有很多有趣的古董。 )