Picture someone whose whole living is buying and selling — goods come in, goods go out, and the trade itself is the job. That is a merchant. Modern English it to a dealer in one particular commodity, and British slang stretches it to a person who deals in one particular behaviour.

可以想成:一個靠買進賣出過活的人——貨進來,貨出去,做買賣本身就是他的職業。這就是 merchant。現代英文把它縮小成「專賣某一種東西的商家」,而英式俚語又把它玩開來,用來指一個人專門「幹某種事」。所以看到這個字,先看它前面掛的是貨品還是行為。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Merchantname

  • 1

    A surname.

merchantnoun/ˈmɜːtʃənt/

  • 1

    A person who traffics in commodities for profit.

  • 2

    The owner or operator of a retail business.

  • 3

    A trading vessel; a merchantman.

    • Every day, some sailor's wife, / The masters of some merchant, and the merchant, / Have just our theme of woe.
  • 4

    derogatoryinformalSomeone who is noted for a stated type of activity or behaviour.

    • He's some kind of speed merchant — he drives way too fast.
    • Goal merchant Smith scored twice again in the match against Mudchester Rovers.
  • 5

    obsoleteA supercargo.

merchantverb/ˈmɜːtʃənt/

  • 1

    As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.

    • a merchanting service

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。