merchant
merchant 英 [ˈmɜ:tʃənt] 美 [ˈmɜrtʃənt]
n. 商人，批发商 adj. 商业的，商人的
名词复数:merchants
- A merchant is someone who works in or owns a retail business and sells goods. In Paris you can stroll from merchant to merchant, buying a loaf of bread in one shop and a wedge of cheese in another.
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- n. 商人，批发商
- adj. 商业的，商人的
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1. a coal merchant, a wine merchant
煤炭╱葡萄酒批发商
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2. Venice was once a city of rich merchants.
威尼斯曾是富商云集的城市。
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3. merchant seamen
商船船员
- merchant (adj.) c. 1400, from merchant (n.) and from Old French marcheant (adj.).
- merchant (n.) c. 1200, from Anglo-French marchaunt "merchant, shopkeeper" (Old French marcheant, Modern French marchand), from Vulgar Latin *mercatantem (nominative *mercatans) "a buyer," present participle of *mercatare, frequentative of Latin mercari "to trade, traffic, deal in" (see market). Meaning "fellow, chap" is from 1540s; with a specific qualifier, and suggesting someone who deals in it (such as speed merchant "one who enjoys fast driving"), from 1914.
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