1 N-COUNT 顾客;主顾;客户 A customer is someone who buys goods or services, especially from a shop. 顾客;主顾;客户
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Our customers have very tight budgets.
我们的顾客很会精打细算。
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...a satisfied customer.
心满意足的顾客
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...the quality of customer service.
客服质量
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We also improved our customer satisfaction levels.
我们也提高了顾客满意的标准。
SYN client, consumer, regular [informal] , buyer
2 N-COUNT [adjective NOUN] (某一类型的)家伙 You can use customer in expressions such as a cool customer or a tough customer to indicate what someone's behaviour or character is like. (某一类型的)家伙 [informal]
Usage Note :
When you buy goods from a particular shop or company, you are one of its customers. If you use the professional services of someone such as a lawyer or an accountant, you are one of their clients. Doctors and hospitals have patients, while hotels have guests. People who travel on public transport are referred to as passengers.
从某一家商店或公司买东西的人是他们的customer(顾客)。接受律师或会计师等的专业服务的人是他们的client(客户)。医生或医院接待patient(病人)，饭店旅馆接待guest(客人)。乘坐公共交通工具的人被称作passenger(乘客)。
| Usage | customer , patients , and clients |
| Stores have customers: Many small bookstores don't have enough customers to stay in business. Professionals have clients: The husband is a lawyer and the wife is an accountant, and they have many clients in common. Doctors, dentists, nurses, and other medical practitioners have patients: There were so many patients in my doctor's waiting room, I couldn't find a place to sit. |
| Word Partnership | Use customer with: |
| N. | customer account, customer loyalty, customer satisfaction 1 |
| VERB. | greet a customer, satisfy a customer 1 |
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