Mall指商业集合体：一种大型的，常是封闭的复杂商业区，区里包括许多商店、商业企业以及餐馆，它们通常都带有步行道以供出入。

Shopping malls or malls are large enclosed spaces that are often characterized with many stores that sell merchandise to the public. Malls can be medium to large in size, depending on the construction and the number of stores that it wants to hold.

在剑桥字典里面的Mall描述得比较简单，是指一个大型通常有屋顶、车辆禁止入内的购物区域。而在牛津字典里面，他的解释也和剑桥字典差不多，不过他也举例强调里面有很多店铺、餐厅在里面，另外牛津字典也指出这是美式英语的用法。

Store：指的是商店；零售店，店的大小通常不拘，是最普遍的商店讲法。

相关词汇：department store（百货公司）

In American English, a building where goods are sold is usually called a store, and shop is only used to mean a very small store that has just one type of goods.

美式英语中，出售商品的地方通常被称为store，shop只用于指只有一种商品的非常小的商店。

Shop：也是商店；零售店，不过店的面积通常比 store来得小。

In British English, a building or part of a building where goods are sold is usually called a shop.

英式英语中，出售商品的地方通常称为shop。

Center：购物中心，这些地方通常比department store大上许多，是由一堆的店及餐厅组成的大商场，有冷暖气设备及行人专用的商店街，而且通常有几家百货公司陈立于其中。

Plaza:是指很大型的购物中心，广场式的

Plaza is an open, public place near a bustling city or town. The term ‘plaza’ is derived from Spanish word referring to an open field. Plazas are open places or city squares that are surrounded by buildings, stores, shops and offices.

Plaza一词是繁华城市或城镇附近的一个开放的公共场所。“广场”一词来源于西班牙语，意为开阔的场地。广场是被建筑物、商店、商店和办公室包围的开放场所或城市广场。