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mer·chantBrE /ˈmɜːtʃənt/NAmE /ˈmɜːrtʃənt/ nouna 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◆builders' merchants (= who sell supplies to the building trade) 建材批发商◆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 squeegee merchant (BrE, informal, disapproving) a person who likes a particular activity （某活动的）爱好者；热衷于…的人◆a speed merchant (= sb 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 ●ˌprophet of ˈdoom●ˈdoom merchanta 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。 mer·chantBrE /ˈmɜːtʃənt/NAmE /ˈmɜːrtʃənt/ adjective [only before noun] connected with the transport of goods by sea 海上货运的◆merchant seamen 商船船员 |