Mercer

['mɜːsə] or ['mɝsɚ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a dealer in textiles (especially silks).

(noun.) British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866).

艾德蒙編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens.

校對:莱斯利

解釋/意思:

n. a merchant in silks and woollen cloths or in small wares.—n. Mer′cery the trade of a mercer: the goods of a mercer.

手打:索菲