plier

IPA/ˈplaɪ.ər/
KK[plˈaɪɚ]IPA/ˈplaɪ.ɚ/

plier — 名詞

  • pliersingular
  • pliersplural

1. A person who does a particular job or sells a specific kind of product, often in

1.名詞C2
釋義

從業者；攤販

從事某行業或叫賣商品的人

A person who does a particular job or sells a specific kind of product, often in a public place such as a street or market.

例句

Every morning, the market plier arranged her fresh vegetables neatly on the wooden stall.

每天早上，這位市場攤販都把新鮮蔬菜整齊地擺在木頭攤位上。

The old watchmaker was a plier of his trade for more than forty years in the same shop.

這位老鐘錶匠在同一家店鋪裡從業超過四十年。

pattern: a plier of [possessive] trade

常見搭配
  • market plier
  • street plier
  • plier of one's trade
  • plier of [product type]
同義詞
  • seller

    much more common and neutral; not restricted to public places

  • vendor

    common for street or market sales; slightly more specific than plier

  • trader

    broader, includes buying as well as selling; often used in financial contexts too

  • tradesperson

    general term for someone in a skilled manual job, not limited to selling

反義詞
  • buyer

    opposite role in a transaction — the person who purchases goods

  • customer

    the person who buys from the plier

文法句型

a plier of [trade/goods]

用法筆記

This word is formal and uncommon in everyday conversation. It most often appears in the set expression 'plier of one's trade' (someone who performs their occupation regularly, especially a manual or sales trade).

常見錯誤

He used plier to cut the wire.
He used pliers to cut the wire.
'Plier' (one who works) and 'pliers' (a gripping tool) are different words despite the similar spelling.