dicker

n. 十个, 十张皮革, 小生意 vi. 做小生意, 易货, 还价

发音

UK /ˈdɪkə(ɹ)/
US /ˈdɪkɚ/

词形变化

dickers 复数 dickers dickered dickering dickers 三单 dickering 现在分词 dickered 过去式 dickered 过去分词

别名

daker

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A unit of measure, consisting of 10 of some object, particularly hides and skins.

    可数 废旧 不可数

    Hobs [the Tanner of Tamsworth]. […] My taking is more than my spending, for here's store left. I have spent but a groat; a penny for my two jades, a penny to the poor, a penny pot of ale, and a penny cake for my man and me, a dicker of cowhides cost me.

  2. 2.

    A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares.

    美国 可数 不可数

    to make a dicker

v.
  1. 1.

    To bargain, haggle or negotiate over a sale.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To barter.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To fiddle.

    不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

bargain

上位词 2

negotiate negociate

下位词 4

haggle chaffer higgle huckster

词源

From Middle English diker (“measure of ten”), from Late Latin dacra (“a dicker”), from Latin decuria (“a ten of something”), from decem (“ten”).

来源：wiktionary