vendor
/ˈvendə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈvendər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈven-dər for sense 1 also ven-ˈdȯr/ (ame, mw)
vendor — 名詞
- vendorsingular
- vendorsplural
1. a person or company that sells goods, services, or property — for example, someo
小販;賣家
出售商品、服務或財產的人或公司
a person or company that sells goods, services, or property — for example, someone selling fruit at a market stall, a firm selling software to businesses, or a homeowner selling their house to a buyer.
A food vendor at the night market sold Shanti a bowl of spicy noodle soup.
夜市裡的一個小吃攤販賣了一碗辣味湯麵給 Shanti。
collocation: 'food vendor' for sellers of prepared food
Diya bought a bunch of sunflowers from a street vendor outside the train station.
Diya 在火車站外的路邊攤販那裡買了一束向日葵。
collocation: 'street vendor' for public, open-air sellers
The software vendor sent David a new licence key after the system upgrade.
那家軟體供應商在系統升級後寄了一組新的授權金鑰給 David。
The vendor of the apartment refused to lower the asking price.
那間公寓的賣方拒絕降價。
Before buying jewellery at a flea market, ask the vendor whether the item is genuine.
在跳蚤市場買珠寶之前,先問問攤販那件東西是不是真品。
- seller
general term; less specific to formal/commercial contexts
- supplier
focuses on providing goods regularly to businesses rather than selling to end customers
- merchant
more formal; often implies a shop or established business, not a temporary stall
- retailer
specifically a business that sells to the general public, not an individual street seller
用法筆記
Vendor can refer to individual sellers (a street vendor, a market vendor) and to companies (a software vendor, an authorised vendor). In British English, vendor is the standard term for the person selling a house or apartment in a property transaction.