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mer.chantH5mV:7tF[nt, $5mV:r-n [C]a person whose job it is to buy and sell products in large amounts, esp. by trading with other countries商人The main canals in Amsterdam are lined with houses built by wealthy merchants in the 17th and 18th centuries.阿姆斯特丹的主要运河两边排列着十七、十八世纪富有商人造的房子。They worked illegally as arms merchants.他们作为军火商进行非法活动。The booklet lists restaurants, baker's shops and wine merchants which remain open in August.这本小册子列举了八月营业的饭店、面包店和酒商。(slang disapproving) A merchant is also someone who is involved in or enjoys something which is unpleasant or annoying to others.热中者，狂热于…的人My next door neighbour's a real gossip merchant (= She enjoys talking about people's private lives).我的隔壁邻居真是个喜欢传播流言蜚语的人。The film is being ruthlessly promoted by Hollywood's hype merchants (= people who try to get as much public attention as they can for the film).这部电影被好莱坞的广告宣传商疯狂地宣传。Police have set up hidden cameras on main roads to catch speed merchants (= people who like to drive too fast).警察为抓住热中开快车者在主干道上设置了隐式照相机。A merchant bank is a bank which is involved with companies rather than with people.商业银行(infml) Companies which make weapons are sometimes called merchants of death.军火制造商(infml) A merchant of doom/gloom is a person who tends to see the negative side of a situation.持否定态度的人With exports rising and unemployment falling, the merchants of gloom are having to revise their opinions of the economy.随着出口的上升和失业率的下降，那些持否定态度的人将不得不改变他们对经济的看法。The merchant navy or merchant shipping (esp. Am merchant marine) means a country's ships that are involved with trade, not fighting.国家商船队A merchant seaman is a sailor who works on a trading ship.商船船员
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