peddler

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n. (毒品)小贩, 传播者, 沿街叫卖的小贩

发音

UK /ˈpɛdlə/
US /ˈpɛdlɚ/

词形变化

peddlers 复数 peddlers

别名

pedlar pedler

教材释义与例句

名词

小贩；传播者

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An itinerant seller of small goods.

    小贩

  2. 2.

    A drug dealer.

  3. 3.

    A fake-news disseminator; A conspiracy-theory propagator.

    比喻

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

pusher hawker drug dealer drug trafficker pedlar pitchman

上位词 10

criminal dealer crook seller outlaw felon vendor trafficker marketer vender

下位词 7

chapman crier chapwoman cheapjack packman sandboy transmigrante

相关短语

essence peddler

词源

From Middle English pedlere, pedlare, pedeler, alteration of Middle English peddere (“hawker, peddler”), of uncertain origin. Compare Medieval Latin pedārius, from Latin pedāre (“to furnish with feet; prop up”).

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