trade
英 [treɪd]
美[tred]
- n. 贸易，交易；行业；职业
- vi. 交易，买卖；以物易物
- vt. 用…进行交换
英英释意
- 1. the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services;
- "Venice was an important center of trade with the East"
- "they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade"
- 2. people who perform a particular kind of skilled work;
- "he represented the craft of brewers"
- "as they say in the trade"
- 3. an equal exchange;
- "we had no money so we had to live by barter"
- 4. the skilled practice of a practical occupation;
- "he learned his trade as an apprentice"
- 5. a particular instance of buying or selling;
- "it was a package deal"
- "I had no further trade with him"
- "he's a master of the business deal"
- 6. the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers;
- "even before noon there was a considerable patronage"
- 7. steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator;
- "they rode the trade winds going west"
