单词 | as they say in the trade |
释义 | > as lemmasas they say in the trade a. In phrases indicating the use of terminology or jargon associated with a particular occupation, as as they say in the trade, known in the trade as, etc. Also in extended use. Cf. business n. Phrases 24. ΚΠ 1805 Rep. Comm. House of Assembly Jamaica Slave Trade 15 That stuff known in the trade as wrappers of packages. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 43/1 Top boots (they're called ‘Jockeys’ in the trade). 1921 Patent & Trade Mark Rev. Mar. 177/1 It is known in the trade as ‘Kings Liqueur Whisky’. 1978 N.Y. Times 29 Mar. c17/2 There were four flights of wines, as they say in the trade. 2011 P. Bailey Chapman's Odyssey (2012) 152 I was prone to partake of what are known in the trade as ‘liquid lunches’. < as lemmas |
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