merchant

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈmɜːtʃənt/    /ˈmɝt͡ʃənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
  2. The owner or operator of a retail business.
  3. A trading vessel; a merchantman.
    — Every day, some sailor's wife, / The masters of some merchant, and the merchant, / Have just our theme of woe.
  4. Someone who is noted for a stated type of activity or behaviour. derogatory,informal,sometimes
    — He's some kind of speed merchant — he drives way too fast.
  5. A supercargo. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.
    — a merchanting service

词形变化

merchants plural marchant alternative,obsolete merchaunt alternative,obsolete merchants present,singular,third-person merchanting participle,present merchanted participle,past merchanted past marchant alternative,obsolete merchaunt alternative,obsolete

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *merks
Latin merx
Latin mercor
Latin mercānsder.
Anglo-Norman marchauntbor.
Middle English marchaunt
English merchant
From Middle English marchaunt, from Anglo-Norman marchaunt, from mercans, from the verb mercor (“to trade, deal, sell”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *merks
Latin merx
Latin mercor
Latin mercānsder.
Anglo-Norman marchauntbor.
Middle English marchaunt
English merchant
From Middle English marchaunt, from Anglo-Norman marchaunt, from mercans, from the verb mercor (“to trade, deal, sell”).
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