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merchant

noun
 
🔊/ˈmɜːtʃənt/
🔊/ˈmɜːrtʃənt/
Idioms
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  1.  
    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。🔊🔊
    see also builders’ merchantTopics Jobsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • prosperous
    • rich
    • wealthy
    • …
    merchant + noun
    • fleet
    • marine
    • navy
    • …
    See full entry
  2. (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。
  3. (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
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French marchant, based on Latin mercari ‘to trade’, from merx, merc- ‘merchandise’.
Idioms
doom merchant | prophet of doom
  1. 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.那些说电视会杀死这本书的厄运商人是错误的。
prophet of doom | doom merchant
  1. 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。🔊🔊

merchant

adjective
🔊/ˈmɜːtʃənt/
🔊/ˈmɜːrtʃənt/
[only before noun]
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  1. connected with the transport of goods by sea海上货运的
    • merchant seamen商船船员
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French marchant, based on Latin mercari ‘to trade’, from merx, merc- ‘merchandise’.