black market

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing, or price controls. idiomatic
    — Peace and order will not be tolerated. Start saving your cash for the black market, folks, you're gonna need it.
  2. The people who engage in such trade, or that sector of the economy. collective
    — associational black market

词形变化

black markets plural black-market alternative,attributive

词汇关系

衍生词
black marketeer
相关词
black economy

词源

Ca. 1930, probably a calque of German Schwarzmarkt, which is attested from the 1910s. Compare Schwärzer (“smuggler”, 18th c.).
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