merchandise

merchandise
noun
  1. [mass noun]goods to be bought and sold
    商品,货物
    shops which offered an astonishing range of merchandise.
    商品种类繁多的商店。
    ■products used to promote a particular film, pop group, etc., or linked to a particular fictional character; merchandising
    (用于宣传电影、流行乐队等,或与小说人物相关的)广告产品;促销物品
verb
  1. (亦作 -ize)[with obj.]promote the sale of (goods), especially by their presentation in retail outlets
    推销,促销
    a new breakfast food can easily be merchandised.
    早点新品种容易推销。
    ■advertise or publicize (an idea or person)
    宣扬;宣传(思想,人)
    they are merchandising ‘niceness’ to children.
    他们在向小孩宣扬“好品行”。
    ■(archaic)trade or traffic in (something), especially inappropriately
    (古)(尤指不正当地)买卖,交易
    ■[no obj.](archaic)engage in the business of a merchant
    (古)从商
派生
merchandisable
adjective
merchandiser
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French marchandise, from marchand 'merchant'
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