merchant
noun /ˈmɜːtʃənt/
/ˈmɜːrtʃənt/
Idioms - a person who buys and sells goods in large quantities, especially one who imports and exports goods
商人；批发商；（尤指）进出口批发商 - a coal/wine merchant
煤炭／葡萄酒批发商 - Venice was once a city of rich merchants.
威尼斯曾是富商云集的城市。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- prosperous
- rich
- wealthy
- …
- fleet
- marine
- navy
- …
- a coal/wine merchant
- (North American English) a person who sells goods to the public, especially through a store
商人；批发商；（尤指）进出口批发商 - The credit cards are accepted by 10 million merchants worldwide.
全世界有1,000万个零售商接受这些信用卡。
- The credit cards are accepted by 10 million merchants worldwide.
- (British English, informal, disapproving) a person who likes a particular activity
（某活动的）爱好者；热衷于…的人 - a speed merchant (= somebody who likes to drive fast)
好开快车的人 - noise merchants (= for example, a band who make a lot of noise)
噪音迷
- a speed merchant (= somebody who likes to drive fast)
词源Middle English: from Old French marchant, based on Latin mercari ‘to trade’, from merx, merc- ‘merchandise’.
Idioms
doom merchant | prophet of doom
- a person who predicts that things will go very badly
末日预言者 - The doom merchants who said television would kill off the book were wrong.
那些说电视会毁掉这本书的末日商人是错的。
- The doom merchants who said television would kill off the book were wrong.
prophet of doom | doom merchant
- a person who predicts that things will go very badly
末日预言者 - The prophets of doom who said television would kill off the book were wrong.
认为电视会扼杀书籍的悲观预言家完全错了。
- The prophets of doom who said television would kill off the book were wrong.