ironmonger
/ahy-ern-muhng-ger, -mong-ger/US // ˈaɪ ərnˌmʌŋ gər, -ˌmɒŋ gər //UK // (ˈaɪənˌmʌŋɡə) //
铁匠,铁匠铺,炼铁师,卖铁人
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Chiefly British.
- : a dealer in hardware.
Examples
Up atop the iconic dome was a bronze figure of Freedom that had been cast by a slave ironmonger before emancipation.
Then Mr. Sprugeon retired, and Lopez understood that he was to see nothing more of the ironmonger.
And finally, an ironmonger will sell you anything but a bath, while he thrives on a lively trade in percussion-caps and gunpowder.
But I like Precossi, the son of the blacksmith-ironmonger, the one with the long jacket, who seems sickly.
Mr. Ironmonger is said to have been the next Nonconformist minister here, after Mr. Shuttlewood.
I was a fool not to recognise that old ironmonger's store of yours by the row it made coming up the hill.
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