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Merchant Goods Merchant's Owns Sells Trade Big N Count

英语单词 merchant
英美音标 英 ['mɜːtʃənt] 美 ['mɜːrtʃənt]
中文释义 n.商人;店主;专家
adj.商业的;商船的
n.(班轮提单)货方;签约方
英语例句 (1) The merchant had received a shipment of tea.
(2) The merchant decided to use camels to carry his goods across the desert.
(3) The merchant's cash sales each day were $300.
(4) Art experts, who have already dated the painting to this time, say the Heidelberg discovery is a breakthrough and the earliest mention linking the merchant's wife to the portrait.
(5) This is a merchant bank.
(6) His brother is in the merchant marine.
中文例句 (1) 这个商人收到了一船茶叶。
(2) 商人决定用骆驼载运货物穿过沙漠。
(3) 那店主一天有300美元的现金售货收入。
(4) 美术专家们还称,关于此画,海德尔堡的发现是一个突破,并且是最早提出把商人的妻子和人物肖像结合起来这一说法的。
(5) 这是个商业银行。
(6) 他的兄弟是名商船船员。
vocabulary简明 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.
vocabulary扩展 The noun merchant has its Latin roots in the word merchari, meaning to trade. Other words from the same root include "market," "merchandise," and "mercantile." In some areas, independent merchants have banded together to combine advertising dollars and compete against malls and big box stores. You should ask your neighborhood book merchant if they've considered joining a group like this.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](尤指外贸)商人,批发商 A merchant is a person who buys or sells goods in large quantities, especially one who imports and exports them.
  • Any knowledgeable wine merchant would be able to advise you.

    任何一个懂行的葡萄酒商人都可以给你提出建议。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]店主;商人 A merchant is a person who owns or runs a shop, store, or other business.
  [AM 美]
  • The family was forced to live on credit from local merchants.

    这家人不得不靠向当地商人赊账生活。

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 retailer, shopkeeper
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[ADJ 形容词]海上货运的;商船的 Merchant seamen or ships are involved in carrying goods for trade.
  [ADJ n]
  • There's been a big reduction in the size of the British merchant fleet in recent years.

    近些年来英国商船队伍的规模大为缩减。

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