/ˈmɜːtʃəndaɪs/
mass noun
1- goods to be bought and sold商品, 货物：
shops which offered an astonishing range of merchandise.
商品种类繁多的商店。
1.1
- products used to promote a particular film, pop group, etc., or linked to a particular fictional character; merchandising.（用于宣传电影、流行乐队等, 或与小说人物相关的）广告产品; 促销物品。
/ˈmɜːtʃəndaɪz/
(亦作-ize)with obj.
1- promote the sale of (goods), especially by their presentation in retail outlets（尤指通过在零售网点展示商品来）推销, 为…促销：
a new breakfast food can easily be merchandised.
早点新品种容易推销。
1.1
- advertise or publicize (an idea or person)宣扬; 宣传（思想, 人）：
they are merchandising 'niceness' to children.
他们在向小孩宣扬“好品行”。
1.2
- archaic trade or traffic in (something), especially inappropriately〈古〉（尤指不正当地）买卖, 交易。
1.3
- no obj. archaic engage in the business of a merchant〈古〉从商。
派生词
merchandisable
adjectivemerchandiser
noun词源
late Middle English: from Old French marchandise, from marchand 'merchant'.