mer.chant
n.(名词)One whose occupation is the wholesale purchase and retail sale of goods for profit.商人:通过成批购买并零售货物而获取利润的从业者One who runs a retail business; a shopkeeper.零售商:做零售生意的人;店主adj.(形容词)Of or relating to merchants, merchandise, or commercial trade:商人(业)的:商人的、商品的或商业贸易的;或与之有关的:例句:a merchant guild.商人行会
Of or relating to the merchant marine:商船的:商船的、海运的或与之有关的:例句:merchant ships.商船
来源:Middle English merchaunt 中古英语 merchaunt from Old French marcheant 源自 古法语 marcheant from Vulgar Latin *merc3t3ns [present participle of] .merc3t3re 源自 俗拉丁语 *merc3t3ns [] ·merc3t3re的现在分词 frequentative of Latin merc3ro [to trade] 拉丁语 merc3ro的重复 [ 做生意] from merx merc- [merchandise] 源自 merx merc- [商品]