keep shop/keep a shop

【问】 上面两个短语意思是否相同?

【答】 keep shop意为“照管店务”。例如：

Mr Green got a friend to keep shop for him while he went to his wife’s funeral.

格林先生找到一位朋友在他为妻子出殡时替他照管店务。

keep a shop意为“开商店”、“当店主”：

They keep a shop in Paris.

他们在巴黎开了一个商店。