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。
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。
How did a peddler of cheap shirts and fishing rods become the mightiest corporation in America?
一个出售廉价衬衣和钓鱼竿的商店是如何成为美国实力最强的公司的？
( British) formerly an itinerant peddler of muffins.
（英国）原来巡回卖松饼的小贩。
The peddler bawled his wares in the street.
小贩在街上叫卖货物。
Today a peddler asked my servant Your pretext for invading the west.
今天有个刺探消息的人问我的仆人，你进攻西方的借口是什么。
The peddler sold his wares cheap.
小贩廉价出售货物。
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。
Then why did you give him to the dog peddler?
那你为何还要把它给狗贩子？
I think these earrings are on sale this week. The peddler sold his wares cheap.
这种耳环这周特价出售。小贩廉价出售货物。