a 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 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- prosperous
- rich
- wealthy
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- fleet
- marine
- navy
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- (North American English)
a person who sells goods to the public, especially through a store 商人；批发商；（尤指）进出口批发商 The credit cards are accepted by 10 million merchants worldwide. 全世界有1,000万个零售商接受这些信用卡。
- (British English, informal, disapproving)
a person who likes a particular activity （某活动的）爱好者；热衷于…的人 a speed merchant (= somebody 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
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French marchant, based on Latin mercari ‘to trade’, from merx, merc- ‘merchandise’.
Idioms
doom merchant | prophet of doom
a person who predicts that things will go very badly 末日预言者 The doom merchants who said television would kill off the book were wrong. 那些说电视会毁掉这本书的末日商人是错的。
prophet of doom | doom merchant