bookseller

/ˈbʊkselə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbʊkselər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbu̇k-ˌse-lər/ (ame, mw)

bookseller — noun

1. someone, or a company, whose work is selling books

1.名詞B2
釋義

someone, or a company, whose work is selling books

例句

The village bookseller ordered extra copies of the new cookbook.

bookseller as the person placing book orders

After school, Noa asked the bookseller where the science books were.

ask the bookseller where...

同義詞
  • bookstore

    usually names the shop or website rather than the seller

  • bookshop

    the British English word for a shop that sells books

  • book dealer

    often used for rarer or older books, especially in specialist trade

  • seller

    much broader and does not show that books are the product

文法句型

a local bookseller

buy a book from a bookseller

work as a bookseller

用法筆記

Often points to the person or business doing the selling, while bookshop and bookstore more often name the place itself. Common modifiers include local, online, independent, and second-hand.

常見錯誤

❌The bookseller lent me the novel for two weeks.
✅The librarian lent me the novel for two weeks.
💡Booksellers sell books; librarians usually lend them.