dealer
/ˈdiːlə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈdiːlər/ (ame, ipa)
dealer — 名詞
- dealersingular
- dealersplural
1. someone whose job is buying and reselling a particular kind of product, often ho
經銷商；商人
買進並轉售特定商品的人或公司
someone whose job is buying and reselling a particular kind of product, often holding stock and dealing with customers directly.
Yumi bought her first violin from an antique dealer in Kyoto.
Yumi 在京都的一位古董商那裡買了她的第一把小提琴。
[product] + dealer (compound noun pattern)
Yara called the car dealer she had met last weekend to ask about hybrid models.
Yara 打電話給她上週末認識的那位汽車經銷商，詢問油電混合車款。
The art dealer phoned Élise to offer her a rare Picasso sketch.
那位藝術品商人打電話給 Élise，要把一張罕見的畢卡索素描賣給她。
Most coffee growers earn very little because dealers in the city set the prices.
大多數咖啡農賺得很少，因為城裡的經銷商會自己訂價格。
Obi works as a wholesale dealer, supplying fish to restaurants across Lagos.
Obi 是一位批發商，供應魚貨給拉哥斯各地的餐廳。
- trader
broader; covers anyone who buys and sells, including stock or commodity traders
- merchant
more formal or old-fashioned; suggests larger-scale or wholesale business
- retailer
specifically sells to the public; a dealer may sell wholesale or retail
- vendor
emphasises the act of selling, often street-level or one-off, not stocking inventory
- customer
the buyer in the transaction
- manufacturer
the maker, who often supplies dealers rather than selling direct
文法句型
dealer in + noun
[product] dealer
用法筆記
Often forms compound nouns naming the product: 'car dealer', 'art dealer', 'antiques dealer'. When the product is mentioned with a preposition, use 'dealer in', not 'dealer of'.
常見錯誤
2. someone who illegally sells drugs such as heroin or cocaine, usually directly to
毒販
非法販賣毒品的人，通常直接賣給吸食者
someone who illegally sells drugs such as heroin or cocaine, usually directly to users on the street.
Police arrested two dealers outside the nightclub on Friday night.
警方週五晚上在夜店外逮捕了兩名毒販。
Tyler became a small-time dealer to pay off his gambling debts.
Tyler 為了還賭債，變成一個小毒販。
small-time + dealer (low-level operator)
Most of the heroin in the area comes from one dealer who lives near the docks.
這一帶大部分的海洛因都來自一個住在碼頭附近的毒販。
Quinn warned the teenagers to stay away from dealers hanging around the school gates.
Quinn 警告那些青少年要遠離在校門口附近徘徊的毒販。
The film follows a young drug dealer in Mexico City who wants to leave the trade.
這部電影講述墨西哥市一個想要離開這行的年輕毒販的故事。
- pusher
informal; suggests aggressively persuading users to buy
- trafficker
operates at a larger, often international scale; moves drugs in bulk
- supplier
neutral; the person above the street dealer in the chain
文法句型
drug dealer
dealer + on the street/corner
用法筆記
Almost always understood as referring to illegal drugs when no product is named. Common compound: 'drug dealer'. Distinguish from sense 1 by context — sense 1 normally has a legal product spelled out.
常見錯誤
3. during a game such as poker or blackjack, the player or casino employee who hand
發牌員；莊家
牌局中負責把牌發給每位玩家的人
during a game such as poker or blackjack, the player or casino employee who hands cards out to everyone at the table at the start of each round.
Minh shuffled the deck and announced that he would be the dealer for the first hand.
Minh 洗完牌後宣布自己當第一局的發牌員。
be + the + dealer
At the blackjack table, the dealer wore a black waistcoat and white gloves.
在二十一點桌上，那位發牌員穿著黑色背心和白色手套。
Each player takes a turn as dealer, going clockwise around the table.
每位玩家輪流當莊家，依順時針方向繞著桌子輪一圈。
Roya watched the dealer slide two cards toward each seat at the poker table.
Roya 看著發牌員把兩張牌滑向撲克桌的每個座位。
When the dealer at table seven turned over an ace, Karim quickly took the insurance bet.
當七號桌的莊家翻出一張 A，Karim 立刻下了保險注。
- player
anyone receiving cards from the dealer rather than dealing them
文法句型
the dealer
act as dealer
用法筆記
Usually appears with 'the' (the role at the table) or as a complement after 'be'/'act as'. In casinos the dealer is staff; in private games the role rotates between players.