colporteur

n. 卖宗教书小贩, 叫卖书报的小贩

发音

其它 /kɒlpɔː(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)/

词形变化

colporteurs 复数 colporteurs

别名

colporter

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A peddler of publications, especially of religious books

词源

Borrowed from French colporteur, from comporteur by influence of col (“neck”) (re-analyzed as col + porteur (“porter”)), from verb comporter, from Latin comportō (English comport).

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