单词 | skin merchant |
释义 | > as lemmasskin merchant skin merchant n. (a) (slang) a military recruiting officer; (b) a trader in animal skins. ΚΠ 1781 J. Burgoyne Lord of Manor iii. i. 67 I am..vulgarly call'd a recruiting dealer—or more vulgarly still, a skin merchant. 1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man III. xxix. 286 How are we to answer the skin-merchant? 1999 Leather (Nexis) Mar. 22 Low sheep and lambskin prices are here to stay for at least twelve months according to a consensus among skin merchants and exporters. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。