英语词典 · 单词释义
costermonger
英 ['kɒstəmʌŋgə] 美 ['kɑstɚmʌŋɡɚ]
这里集中整理“costermonger”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词,方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. (英)叫卖小贩(等于coster);水果
- vi. 沿街叫卖水果、蔬菜、鱼类等
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词源 · 例句 · 用法中文词源
costermonger 水果蔬菜小贩
coster, 来自costard, 大苹果。-monger, 贩子,词源同warmonger.
英文词源
- costermonger (n.)
- 1510s, "itinerant apple-seller" from coster (see costard) + monger. Sense extended from "apple-seller" to any salesman who plied his wares from a street-cart. Contemptuous use is from Shakespeare ("2 Henry IV"), but reason is unclear.