mercer

mercer — 名詞

1. someone whose business is buying and selling high-quality cloth, silk, and other

1.名詞C2
釋義

綢緞商

買賣高級布料絲綢的商人

someone whose business is buying and selling high-quality cloth, silk, and other fine woven materials, especially in historical contexts.

例句

The local mercer sold Eitan a roll of fine Chinese silk for his wedding coat.

當地的綢緞商賣了一卷上等中國絲綢給 Eitan，用來做他的結婚禮服。

collocation: 'sold [sb] [sth]' for mercer's trade

In eighteenth-century London, a successful mercer could own a large shop on a busy street.

在十八世紀的倫敦，成功的綢緞商可以在熱鬧的街上擁有一間大店面。

historic context: eighteenth-century London

常見搭配
  • silk mercer
  • wool mercer
  • linen mercer
  • mercer's shop
  • mercer's business
同義詞
  • draper

    more common in British English; a draper typically sells cloth and clothing items, while a mercer specialised in expensive textiles like silk

  • cloth merchant

    modern, general term; less specific to luxury fabrics than 'mercer'

  • textile merchant

    broader in scope; can include bulk industrial materials as well as fine fabrics

用法筆記

Now largely historical; the word is rarely used for modern fabric retailers, who are simply called cloth merchants or fabric sellers.

常見錯誤

The tailor bought thread from a mercer.
The tailor bought fabric from a mercer.
a mercer sells cloth and woven materials, not sewing supplies like thread or needles.

同根字

  • mercery
    名詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • silk mercer
  • wool mercer
  • linen mercer
  • mercer's shop
  • mercer's trade
  • mercer's business

常用片語

  • work as a mercer
  • set up as a mercer
  • apprenticed to a mercer

介系詞搭配

  • mercer in [place]
  • mercer of [fabric type]