词组 | merchant |
释义 | merchant /ˈmɜːtʃənt $ ˈmɜːr-/ noun 1. someone whose job is to buy and sell wine, coal etc, or a small company that does this. Merchant is often used to talk about people who lived in past timesadjectivesa rich/wealthy/prosperous merchant The house was originally built for a wealthy merchant.a local merchant The square was filled with the stalls of local merchants.a foreign merchant Many foreign merchants left after the fishing industry declined.nouns + merchanta wool/cloth merchant The wool merchants bought the wool from the farmers at a very low price.a wine/coal/timber merchant You can find bottles of the wine at your local wine merchants.a builders’ merchant The builders’ merchants sells bags of powder for making concrete.2. merchant ships carry goods from one place to anothermerchant + nounsa merchant ship also a merchant vessel formal Merchant ships carried spices from India to Europe.a merchant fleet (=a large group of merchant ships) Greece has the world’s third-biggest merchant fleet.the merchant navy also the merchant marine AmE His father was in the merchant navy.a merchant seaman He had travelled the world as a merchant seaman. |
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