Merchant
[ 'mɝtʃənt ]
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n. 商人;批发商;店主;零售商;
adj. 商人的;商业的;
💡 词根助记
merch交易+ant表示人 → 商人
📝 例句
Destroyers escorted a convoy of merchant ships.
驱逐舰护送一支商船队。
I was taken in by a snide merchant.
我上了一个卑鄙商人的当。
A toom purse makes an oblate merchant.
口袋一文不名，会使商人烦闷。
a wholesale merchant [dealer]
批发商人
The shipowner has still held a merchant fleet of seven cargo-vessels.
这个船东仍拥有一支7艘货船的商船队。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“莫劝他”:莫劝他当商人
※ mer-拼音“马儿”,ch-拼音“吃”,ant-蚂蚁:商人的马儿在吃蚂蚁
※ me-我,r-似“花”,cha-拼音“插”,nt-拼音“农田”:我把花插在农田上,供商人买卖
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-ant既表示“(形容词缀)...的”
又表示“某种人”
📖 牛津释义
merchant
n
1
(a) wholesale trader, esp one who trades with foreign countries 批发商; （尤指）外贸批发商
an ,import-`export merchant 进出口批发商.
(b) (in compounds 用以构成复合词) trader in the goods stated 经营某货物的商人: a `coal-merchant 煤商
a `wine-merchant 酒商. =>Usage at dealer 用法见dealer.
2 (derog sl 贬, 俚) person who is fond of a specified activity, etc （某活动等的）爱好者
a `speed merchant, ie sb who likes to drive (too) fast 好开快车的人.
🎯 考研助记
merce(商): com(一起)+merce:一起经商做 贸易 merc+h+ant:搞商业的人是 商人 网友：tom 补充：merch（March，三月）+ ant 三月a改e，成为蚂蚁批发商。
🔁 扩展释义
*['mә:tʃәnt]n. 商人, 店主a. 商业的, 商人的【经】 商人, 批发商, 贸易商
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A journalist is interviewing the director of a play.
一位记者正在采访一位戏剧导演。
There seems to be something wrong with it, but that's the fault of the company that made it.
这衬衣似乎有点问题，但看来这是衬衣公司的责任。
I told him that if painting was important for him, he would live on bread in order to succeed.
我告诉他说，如果绘画对他很重要的话，那么要取得成功，就得靠啃干面包生活了。