traveling salesman
traveling salesman — 名詞
1. a person whose job is to travel from place to place for a company, visiting shop
巡迴推銷員
到各地拜訪客戶接單的業務員
a person whose job is to travel from place to place for a company, visiting shops or customers to get orders for its goods.
Before online orders, a traveling salesman drove across Iowa with cases of fabric samples.
網路下單還不普遍時，那位巡迴推銷員帶著布料樣本箱開車跑遍 Iowa。
traveling salesman + drove across [place] with samples
The traveling salesman stopped at three shops before lunch to show a new skin cream.
那名巡迴推銷員午餐前跑了三家店，展示一款新的護手霜。
stop at shops to show a new product
When the train was late, the traveling salesman called his office from the station.
火車誤點時，那位巡迴推銷員在車站打電話回辦公室。
traveling salesman on the road during work
Felipe's grandfather worked as a traveling salesman and spent weekdays away from home.
Felipe 的祖父做過巡迴推銷員，平日常常不在家。
work as a traveling salesman
At the village hotel, the traveling salesman unpacked socks, toys, and kitchen knives.
在村裡的旅館，那名巡迴推銷員把襪子、玩具和廚房刀具一一拿出來。
- former traveling salesman
- traveling salesman for a company
- sample case of a traveling salesman
- sales representative
more modern and neutral; often used in formal business settings
- salesperson
gender-neutral everyday term for someone who sells goods
- peddler
older and less formal; often suggests selling small goods directly
文法句型
a traveling salesman
work as a traveling salesman
traveling salesman for [company]
用法筆記
This phrase often suggests an older style of selling, where someone travels from town to town in person instead of handling sales online or from one office. In modern business writing, sales representative or salesperson is often more neutral.