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Peddler Town Selling N Count 可数名词 Sell Specific Type

英语单词 peddler
英美音标 英 ['pedlə(r)] 美 ['pedlər]
中文释义 n.小贩
n.毒品贩
=pedlar.
英语例句 (1) He rigged himself out as a peddler.
(2) The peddler tried to sell me some small articles.
中文例句 (1) 他装扮成一个小贩。
(2) 那个小贩试图卖给我一些小东西。
vocabulary简明 A peddler is a specific type of salesperson: someone who travels from town to town selling their wares.
vocabulary扩展 A peddler is someone who sells things, but it's a very specific type of selling. Peddlers — also known as hawkers and pitchmen — travel from town to town, especially with a carnival or circus. Peddlers are also found on the street, selling many different things, from jewelry to DVDs. There's a shady implication to this word, since peddlers have included people selling snake oil and other worthless products. Instead of buying from a peddler, you're probably better off at a store.
柯林斯解释
The spelling pedlar is also used in British English for meanings 1 and 3. 拼写pedlar在英国英语中亦用于义项1和3。
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]流动小贩;货郎 A peddler is someone who goes from place to place in order to sell something.
  [AM; also BRIT 美;亦英]
  [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
    2
    [N-COUNT 可数名词]毒贩 A drug peddler is a person who sells illegal drugs.
      3
      [N-COUNT 可数名词](思想或信息的)宣扬者,散布者 A peddler of information or ideas is someone who frequently expresses such ideas to other people.
        [usu N of n]
        [disapproval]
      • ...the peddlers of fear.

        恐惧的散布者

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