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

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。
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。
"Chestnuts, hot roast chestnuts," a peddler cried.
“栗子，热乎乎的烤栗子，”一个小贩在叫卖。
In the street below a peddler was crying his wares.
楼下的街上有一小贩正在叫卖。
He rigged himself out as a peddler.
他装扮成一个小贩。
One day he was practicing shooting an arrow. Among the crowd an old oil peddler nodded his head.
一天，这个人正练习射箭①，一个卖油的老头经过，看着他微微点头。
The peddler cloaked himself and went on in the storm.
小商贩披上斗篷在风雨中继续走着。
Zhao Yong was a peddler.
赵勇是一个小贩。
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。
The peddler comes here to collect returnables, The vase turned out to be a collector's item.
小贩经常来这里回收瓶子，这个花瓶成为收藏家所争取的珍物。