peddler

英 [ˈpedlə(r)]

美 [ˈpedlər]

n. 毒品贩子

复数：peddlers　

BNC.46529 / COCA.16593

牛津词典

noun

The spelling pedlar is also used in British English for meanings 1 and 3. 拼写pedlar在英国英语中亦用于义项1和3。

流动小贩；货郎
Apeddleris someone who goes from place to place in order to sell something.
毒贩
Adrug peddleris a person who sells illegal drugs.
N-COUNT （思想或信息的）宣扬者，散布者
Apeddler ofinformation or ideas is someone who frequently expresses such ideas to other people.
1. ...the peddlers of fear.
  恐惧的散布者

noun

someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
Synonym:pedlarpackmanhawkerpitchman
an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
Synonym:pusherdrug peddlerdrug dealerdrug trafficker

In1848 Hydesville, western New York, two young sisters named Maggie and Katie Fox began supposedly communicating with the ghost of a murdered peddler.
在1848年纽约西部的Hydesville，两个年轻的女孩子，Maggie和KatieFox姐妹开始了想象中的和鬼魂对话的招魂术者。
People laughed at the peddler's extravagant praiseof his goods.
人们嘲笑这个小贩过度吹嘘他的商品。
( British) formerly an itinerant peddler of muffins.
（英国）原来巡回卖松饼的小贩。
He had worked as a guard, roadside peddler, and porter, but never had a stable job.
来京后，他当过保安，干过小买卖，还当过搬运工，但从未从事过一份稳定工作。
"Chestnuts, hot roast chestnuts," a peddler cried.
“栗子，热乎乎的烤栗子，”一个小贩在叫卖。
The man thanked the peddler and walked away towards the hill and eventually disappeared out of sight.
那人谢了商贩朝山坡走去，渐渐地消失了。
Sometimes you need to teach, to establish your authority with customers who take you for a mere peddler.
有时，你需要教育他们，在那些认为你只不过是个小商贩的顾客面前建立自己的权威。
The peddler tried to fob off a worthless article on little Tom.
小贩企图把件废品卖给小汤姆。
Then why did you give him to the dog peddler?
那你为何还要把它给狗贩子？
"Can you do this?" he asked the old oil peddler.
“你能做到这步吗？”他问这位老油贩。