merchant
英 ['mɜːtʃ(ə)nt]
美['mɝtʃənt]
- n. 商人，批发商；店主
- adj. 商业的，商人的
- n. (Merchant)人名；(英)麦钱特
词态变化
复数: merchants;
助记提示
merchant 商业的，音：摸钱的
中文词源
merchant 商人，店主，零售商
来自法语mercheant,商人，来自拉丁语mercari,买卖，交易，词源同market.
英英释意
- 1. a businessperson engaged in retail trade
英文词源
- merchant
- merchant: [13] Latin merx denoted ‘goods for sale’. From it was derived the verb mercārī ‘trade’ (whose past participle was the source of English market). Mercārī was adapted in Vulgar Latin to mercātāre, whose present participle mercātāns produced the Old French noun marcheant ‘trader’, source of English merchant. Merchandise [13] comes from a derivative of marcheant; and other English descendants of Latin merx are commerce and mercury.
=> commerce, market, mercury - 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.
- merchant (adj.)
- c. 1400, from merchant (n.) and from Old French marcheant (adj.).
同义词辨析
merchant, businessman, trader, tradesman, dealer
这些名词均有"商人"之意。
merchant： 指从事批发生意的大商人，尤指从事国际贸易的大商人，但在美国或苏格兰等地，也指一般商人。
businessman： 指有经验、善于经营、从事各种买卖活动的买卖人、实业家或工商业家。
trader： 指从事贸易工作的人，也指贩子。
tradesman： 指零卖商人，开小店的商人。
dealer： 指商人时多与表商店的字连用。
考试真题
- Shackleton, a onetime British merchant-navy officer who had got to within 100 miles of the south pole in 1908, started a business before his 1914 voyage to make money from movie and still photography.
2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- This production of Shakespeare's the Merchant of Venice marks their first visit to the UK.
2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
实用场景例句
- builders' merchants (= who sell supplies to the building trade)
- 建材批发商
牛津词典
- a coal/wine merchant
- 煤炭 / 葡萄酒批发商
牛津词典
- Venice was once a city of rich merchants.
- 威尼斯曾是富商云集的城市。
牛津词典
- a speed merchant (= sb who likes to drive fast)
- 好开快车的人
牛津词典
- noise merchants (= for example, a band who make a lot of noise)
- 噪音制造者
牛津词典
- merchant seamen
- 商船船员
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Later, the merchant adopted this girl who had nobody to rely on.
- 后来商人就领养这个失怙的女孩.
期刊摘选
- The merchant is a merchant who's selling the pills which had been invented to quench thirsty.
- “早上好.”商人回答道. 这位商人是卖一种药的,这药专门用来止渴.
期刊摘选
- Merchant ships salute each other by dipping the flag.
- 商船互相点旗致敬.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The new merchant class was anxious for acceptance by the old nobility.
- 新兴的商业阶层渴望得到旧贵族的接纳.
《简明英汉词典》
- Destroyers escorted a convey of merchant ships.
- 驱逐舰护送一支商船队.
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- He is a wholesale merchant.
- 他是个批发商.
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- The merchant heaped up a fortune.
- 那个商人积累了一笔财富.
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- A merchant is intent on making money.
- 商人热衷于赚钱.
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- Were men for the Navy recruited from men on merchant ships?
- 海军的人员是从商船的人员中征募的 吗 ?
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- This merchant ship was convoyed by a destroyer.
- 这艘商船由一驱逐舰护航.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The state has extended her merchant fleet phenomenally.
- 这个国家以惊人的速度扩大其商船队.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The merchant offers a bribe to him.
- 这商人向他行贿.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- What was cried up by the wily merchant often turned out to be most unworthy of praise.
- 凡是那位奸商所大声赞扬的,往往是最一钱不值的.
《简明英汉词典》
- The land is in the possession of the merchant.
- 这块地为该商人所有.
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- According to that script, the merchant, Shylock, lent 3,000 ducats to Antonio.
- 这个剧本里的商人夏洛克借给安东尼奥3000块金币.
《简明英汉词典》
- The merchant wants to expand his business.
- 那个商人想扩大他的经营.
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- He traded as a tobacco merchant.
- 他是做烟草生意的商人.
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- He bargained with the merchant for an hour before he bought a rug.
- 他与那商人讨价还价了一个小时才买下一块地毯.
《简明英汉词典》
- He is a merchant on the make.
- 他是个利欲熏心的商人.
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